David Wright (writer)
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David Wright (born 1964) is an American writer who grew up in Borger, Texas. He holds a B.A. from Carleton College, and an M.F.A. from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also studied at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Before he started teaching creative writing, he was a player/coach on various American football teams in Paris and London. He teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Books
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Other publications
- African American Review[citation needed]
- The CLA Journal[citation needed]
- The Journal of Negro History[citation needed]
- Naval History[citation needed]
- North Dakota Quarterly[citation needed]
- Reflections in Ink[citation needed]
- Painted Bride Quarterly[citation needed]
- Shenandoah[citation needed]
- Sixty-four[citation needed]
- The Southern Review[citation needed]
- Virginia English Bulletin[citation needed]
Television journalism
"The Pea Island Story", co-written and co-produced with Stephanie Frederic and David Zoby. Aired on BET Tonight, Feb. 1999.[citation needed]
Awards
- August 2000: National Association of Black Journalists, Salute to Excellence Award, First Prize for a Television Feature News-Story, "The Pea Island Story".[citation needed]
- 1999 National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute for College and University Faculty Fellow, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University, "The Civil Rights Movement: History and Consequences".[citation needed]
- 1997-1998: Chancellor’s Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[citation needed]
- 1994: Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award, the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, Fairfax, VA.[citation needed]
- 1993: Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship, Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, Mystic, CT.[citation needed]
External links
Categories:
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- African-American writers
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign faculty
- Harvard Fellows
- 1964 births
- Living people
- University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
- Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime History alumni
