Darryl Dickson-Carr (born 1968) is an American author, professor, and literary critic.

Darryl Dickson-Carr
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Occupation
  • Author
  • professor
  • literary critic
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (PhD)
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award (2006)

Life

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Dr. Dickson-Carr graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Ph.D. in English with a focus on African American satire. He taught at Florida State University[1] before joining the English faculty at Southern Methodist University,[2] where he currently teaches and serves as interim Director of Graduate Studies.

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Works

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  • Dickson-Carr, Darryl (2001). African American satire: the sacredly profane novel. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-1325-9.
  • Darryl Dickson-Carr, ed. (2005). The Columbia guide to contemporary African American fiction. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-12472-0. Darryl Dickson-Carr.
  • David Seed, ed. (2009). "Ishmael Reed: American Iconoclast". A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-4691-3.
  • "The Projection of the Beast: Subverting Mythologies in Toni Morrison’s Jazz.”, CLA Journal 49:2 (December 2005). 168-83.
  • “Introduction.” Ebony Rising: Short Fiction from the Greater Harlem Renaissance Era, 1912-1940, Craig Gable ed. Indiana University Press, 2004.

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  1. ^ Edwards, Leigh H. (2009). Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-22061-5.
  2. ^ "SMU English Department - Darryl Dickson-Carr". Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
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