Wheatcroft, John Stewart

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WHEATCROFT, John Stewart

WHEATCROFT, John Stewart. American, b. 1925. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Plays/Screenplays, Poetry. Career: University of Kansas, Lawrence, instructor, 1950-52; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., Instructor, 1952-58, Assistant Professor, 1958-62, Associate Professor, 1962- 66, Professor of English, 1966-95, Homer Price Rainey Professor of English Emeritus, 1995-; Director, The Stadler Center for Poetry, 1979-96. Publications: POETRY: Death of a Clown, 1964; Prodigal Son, 1967; A Voice from the Hump, 1977; Ordering Demons, 1981; The Stare on the Donkey's Face, 1990; Random Necessities, 1999. NOVELS: Edie Tells, 1975; Catherine, Her Book, 1984; The Beholder's Eye, 1987; Killer Swan, 1992; Mother of All Loves, 1994; Trio with Four Players, 1995; The Education of Malcolm Palmer, 1997. OTHER: Ofoti (play) 1967; Slow Exposures (stories), 1985; (ed.) Our Other Voices (interviews with poets), 1991. Address: 350 River Rd, The Gundy Farm, Lewisburg, PA 17837, U.S.A.

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