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Dialogue: Slavitt /Harington discussion (fwd)
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Donald Harington submits his "Bio-bib" with the remark that
the very term "sounds like a garment worn to catch the drool of one's
life's mode.
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Born: Little Rock, Arkansas, December 22, 1935
Major Publications:
Nonfiction: ON A CLEAR DAY: The Paintings of George Dombek,
University of Central Arkansas Press, 1995.
LET US BUILD US A CITY: Eleven Lost Towns, Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1986.
Fiction: BUTTERFLY WEED, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996.
EKATERINA, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.
THE CHOIRING OF THE TREES, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
THE COCKROACHES OF STAY MORE, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ARKANSAS OZARKS: A NOVEL, Little, Brown,
1975.
SOME OTHER PLACE. THE RIGHT PLACE., Little, Brown, 1972
LIGHTNING BUG, Seymour Lawrence, Delacorte, 1970
THE CHERRY PIT, Random House, 1965.
All of the novels are in print as Harvest trade paperbacks, except for THE
COCKROACHES OF STAY MORE, which is a Vintage Contemporary paperback. A
German mass market paperback of the latter (as TANZ DER KAKERLAKEN) was
published in January. British, Portugese and German editions of other
novels have also appeared.
REFERENCES:
Edwin T. Arnold, "Donald Harington," Dictionary of Literary
Biography, Vol. 152: American Novelists Since World War II, Fourth Series.
Sabine Schmidt, "Donald Harington: Hinter den sieben Bergen,"
Heaven Sent (Offenbach, Germany), January, 1994.
Edwin T. Arnold, "Interview: Donald Harington," Appalachian
Journal, Summer, 1994, pp. 432-445.
Andy Winston, "On Donald Harington: An Introduction," Chicago
Review, Winter, 1993.
Larry Vonalt, "An Interview with Donald Harington," Chicago
Review, Winter, 1993.
Linda K. Hughes, "Knowing Women and the Fiction of Donald
Harington," Chicago Review, Winter, 1993.
Michael Lund, "Donald Harington's House of Fiction," Chicago
Review, Winter, 1993.
Jack Butler, "The Ghosts of Stay More," Chicago Review, Winter,
1993.
Camillo, Beth, _Narrative Process in Donald Harington's Lightning
Bug_, Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1992.
Linda K. Hughes, "Staying More in the World of Donald Harington,"
Publications of the Missouri Philological Association, Volume XVI, 1991.
Michael Lund, "Donald Harington's Continuing Story," Publications
of the Missouri Philological Association, Volume XVI, 1991.
Michael Patrick, "Donald Harington: Printmaker and Bookmaker,"
Publications of the Missouri Philological Association, Volume XVI, 1991.
Larry Vonalt, "Donald Harington's Enchanted Hunters," Publications
of the Missouri Philological Association, Volume XVI, 1991.
EDUCATION:
University of Arkansas, B.A. (Art), l956
University of Arkansas, M.F.A. (Printmaking), 1958
Boston University, M.A. (Art History), l959
Harvard University, ABD (Art History), 1960
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (except for one term at University of Pittsburgh, all
in art history):
1986 - Present University of Arkansas Associate Professor, Art
1980 - 198l South Dakota State University Visiting Professor, Art
1980 (Winter) University of Pittsburgh Visiting Professor, Writing
1978 - 1980 University of Missouri-Rolla Distinguished Visiting
Professor
1964 - 1978 Windham College (Putney, Vt.) Professor, Art History
1960 - 1962 Bennett College (Millbrook, N.Y.) Instructor, Art History
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
1994 American Association for State and Local History, Award of Merit for
Lifetime Achievement in Contributions to Arkansas History.
1994 University's Nomination for CASE National Teacher of the Year award
1993 University's Nomination for CASE National Teacher of the Year award
1992 Appointment to Teaching Academy
1992 University of Arkansas, Alumni Association Distinguished
Teaching Award
1987 Porter Prize for Literary Excellence, WORDS (Arkansas Literary Society)
Given annually to Arkansas' best writer
1982-1985 Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities, grant and two minigrants
1979 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Writing
1970 & 1979 Yaddo Fellowships
1976 & 1979 Carnegie Fund for Authors grants
1966-1967 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship
SOME OTHER PLACE.THE RIGHT PLACE. was a Book-of-the-Month Club Alternate
Selection in 1972 and was made into the 1985 movie titled "Return."
the very term "sounds like a garment worn to catch the drool of one's
life's mode.
-----------------------------------------------
Born: Little Rock, Arkansas, December 22, 1935
Major Publications:
Nonfiction: ON A CLEAR DAY: The Paintings of George Dombek,
University of Central Arkansas Press, 1995.
LET US BUILD US A CITY: Eleven Lost Towns, Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1986.
Fiction: BUTTERFLY WEED, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996.
EKATERINA, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.
THE CHOIRING OF THE TREES, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
THE COCKROACHES OF STAY MORE, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ARKANSAS OZARKS: A NOVEL, Little, Brown,
1975.
SOME OTHER PLACE. THE RIGHT PLACE., Little, Brown, 1972
LIGHTNING BUG, Seymour Lawrence, Delacorte, 1970
THE CHERRY PIT, Random House, 1965.
All of the novels are in print as Harvest trade paperbacks, except for THE
COCKROACHES OF STAY MORE, which is a Vintage Contemporary paperback. A
German mass market paperback of the latter (as TANZ DER KAKERLAKEN) was
published in January. British, Portugese and German editions of other
novels have also appeared.
REFERENCES:
Edwin T. Arnold, "Donald Harington," Dictionary of Literary
Biography, Vol. 152: American Novelists Since World War II, Fourth Series.
Sabine Schmidt, "Donald Harington: Hinter den sieben Bergen,"
Heaven Sent (Offenbach, Germany), January, 1994.
Edwin T. Arnold, "Interview: Donald Harington," Appalachian
Journal, Summer, 1994, pp. 432-445.
Andy Winston, "On Donald Harington: An Introduction," Chicago
Review, Winter, 1993.
Larry Vonalt, "An Interview with Donald Harington," Chicago
Review, Winter, 1993.
Linda K. Hughes, "Knowing Women and the Fiction of Donald
Harington," Chicago Review, Winter, 1993.
Michael Lund, "Donald Harington's House of Fiction," Chicago
Review, Winter, 1993.
Jack Butler, "The Ghosts of Stay More," Chicago Review, Winter,
1993.
Camillo, Beth, _Narrative Process in Donald Harington's Lightning
Bug_, Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1992.
Linda K. Hughes, "Staying More in the World of Donald Harington,"
Publications of the Missouri Philological Association, Volume XVI, 1991.
Michael Lund, "Donald Harington's Continuing Story," Publications
of the Missouri Philological Association, Volume XVI, 1991.
Michael Patrick, "Donald Harington: Printmaker and Bookmaker,"
Publications of the Missouri Philological Association, Volume XVI, 1991.
Larry Vonalt, "Donald Harington's Enchanted Hunters," Publications
of the Missouri Philological Association, Volume XVI, 1991.
EDUCATION:
University of Arkansas, B.A. (Art), l956
University of Arkansas, M.F.A. (Printmaking), 1958
Boston University, M.A. (Art History), l959
Harvard University, ABD (Art History), 1960
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (except for one term at University of Pittsburgh, all
in art history):
1986 - Present University of Arkansas Associate Professor, Art
1980 - 198l South Dakota State University Visiting Professor, Art
1980 (Winter) University of Pittsburgh Visiting Professor, Writing
1978 - 1980 University of Missouri-Rolla Distinguished Visiting
Professor
1964 - 1978 Windham College (Putney, Vt.) Professor, Art History
1960 - 1962 Bennett College (Millbrook, N.Y.) Instructor, Art History
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
1994 American Association for State and Local History, Award of Merit for
Lifetime Achievement in Contributions to Arkansas History.
1994 University's Nomination for CASE National Teacher of the Year award
1993 University's Nomination for CASE National Teacher of the Year award
1992 Appointment to Teaching Academy
1992 University of Arkansas, Alumni Association Distinguished
Teaching Award
1987 Porter Prize for Literary Excellence, WORDS (Arkansas Literary Society)
Given annually to Arkansas' best writer
1982-1985 Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities, grant and two minigrants
1979 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Writing
1970 & 1979 Yaddo Fellowships
1976 & 1979 Carnegie Fund for Authors grants
1966-1967 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship
SOME OTHER PLACE.THE RIGHT PLACE. was a Book-of-the-Month Club Alternate
Selection in 1972 and was made into the 1985 movie titled "Return."