PRICE, Reynolds

PRICE, Reynolds. American, b. 1933. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Poetry. Career: Duke University, member of the faculty, 1958-, assistant professor, 1961-68, associate professor, 1968-72, professor of English, 1972-77, James B. Duke Professor, 1977-; writer-in-residence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1965, UNC Greensboro, 1971, and University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1967, 1969, 1980; Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, Glasgow Professor, 1971; Salzburg Seminar on American Studies, member of the faculty, 1977. Publications: NOVELS: A Long and Happy Life, 1962; A Generous Man, 1966; Love and Work, 1968; The Surface of Earth, 1975; The Source of Light, 1981; Mustian: Two Novels and a Story, 1983; Kate Vaiden, 1986; Good Hearts, 1988; The Tongues of Angels, 1990; Blue Calhoun, 1992; Michael Egerton (for children), 1993; The Promise of Rest, 1995; Roxanna Slade, 1998; A Singular Family, 1999; A Perfect Friend (for children), 2000. SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS: The Names and Faces of Heroes, 1963; Permanent Errors, 1970; The Foreseeable Future: Three Long Stories, 1990; Home Made, 1990; An Early Christmas, 1992; The Collected Stories, 1993. PLAYS: Early Dark, 1978; Private Contentment, 1984; New Music: A Trilogy, 1990; Night Dance, 1991; Better Days, 1991; August Snow, 1991; Full Moon and Other Plays, 1993. POETRY COLLECTIONS: Late Warning: Four Poems, 1968; Torso of an Archaic Apollo--After Rilke, 1969; Lessons Learned: Seven Poems, 1977; Christ Child's Song at the End of the Night, 1978; Nine Mysteries (Four Joyful, Four Sorrowful, One Glorious), 1979; Vital Provisions, 1982; The Laws of Ice, 1986; House Snake, 1986; The Use of Fire, 1990; The Collected Poems, 1997. OTHER: The Thing Itself (address), 1966; Two Theophanies: Genesis 32 and John 21, 1971; Things Themselves: Essays and Scenes, 1972; The Fourth Eclogue of Vergil, 1972; An Apocryphal Hymn of Jesus, 1973; Presence and Absence: Versions from the Bible, 1973; A Nativity from the Apocryphal Book of James, 1974; Annunciation, 1975; (with W. Ray) Conversations, 1976; The Good News According to Mark, 1976; Oracles: Six Versions from the Bible, 1977; A Palpable God, 1978; Christ Child's Song at the End of the Night, 1978; Question and Answer, 1979; A Final Letter, 1980; The Annual Heron, 1980; Country Mouse, City Mouse (essay), 1981; A Start (miscellany of early work), 1981; The Chapel, Duke University, 1986; A Common Room: Essays 1954-1987, 1987; Real Copies, 1988; Clear Pictures: First Loves, First Guides, 1989; Back before Day, 1989; A Whole New Life, 1994; The Honest Account of a Memorable Life: An Apocryphal Gospel, 1994; (ed. and contrib.) Three Gospels, 1996; Borrowed Time-- Photography, 1996; Winds of Fury, 1997; Learning a Trade, 1998; Critical Essays, 1998; Letter to a Man in the Fire, 1999; Feasting the Heart, 2000; Great Circle, 2001. Contributor to anthologies, magazines, and books. Address: Dept of English, 304G Allen Bldg, Duke University, PO Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]