Jim Dodge

This article is about the author. For the Illinois Comptroller candidate, see Jim Dodge (Illinois).
Jim Dodge
Born 1945 (age 7071)
Santa Rosa, California, United States
Occupation novelist, poet
Nationality American
Period 1983–present
Genre American literature

Jim Dodge (born 1945) is an American novelist and poet whose works combine themes of folklore and fantasy, set in a timeless present. He has published three novels—Fup, Not Fade Away, and Stone Junction—and a collection of poetry and prose, Rain on the River.

Biography

Dodge was born in 1945 and grew up as an Air Force brat.[1] As an adult he spent many years living on an almost self-sufficient commune in West Sonoma County, California.[1] He has had many jobs, including apple picker, carpet layer, teacher, professional gambler, shepherd, woodcutter, and environmental restorer.[1] He received his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing/Poetry from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop in 1969.[2] He has been the director of the Creative Writing program in the English Department at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California since 1995.[1][2] He lives in Manila, California with his wife and son.[1]

Some of Dodge's nonfiction essays focus on bioregionalism.[3][4]

Books

Essays

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Wild, Peter (2003-01-17). "What the Fup? Jim Dodge interviewed". bookmunch.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  2. 1 2 "Jim Dodge". writersontheedge.org. 2002-10-19. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  3. Thomashow, Mitchell (1996). Ecological Identity: Becoming a Reflective Environmentalist. MIT Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-262-70063-8.
  4. Direk, Zeynep; Leonard Lawlor (2002). Environmentalism. Routledge. p. 211. ISBN 0-415-20622-7.
  5. "Rain on the River: New and Selected Poems and Short Prose (Paperback)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
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