Danielle Dutton
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Danielle Dutton is an American writer.
with a BA in History and then lived for a year in England before moving to Los Angeles where she worked in music management. She later studied writing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2007, she earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver
, where she also served as Associate Editor for the Denver Quarterly
. For six years she taught fiction and literature classes in the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University
. She worked as a book designer at Dalkey Archive Press
for four of those years. She is now an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis
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In 2010, Dutton launched her own independent press Dorothy, a publishing project. The website states that Dorothy, a publishing project is dedicated "to works of fiction, or near fiction, or about fiction, mostly by women." To date, the press has published books by Renee Gladman, Barbara Comyns, and Manuela Draeger (translated from the French by Brian Evenson).
Attempts at a Life, Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2007
City, Sidebrow Books, 2010
“Nine Attempts at a Life” in A Best of Fence: The First Nine Years, Fence Books, 2009
“from S P R A W L” in Where We Live Now: An Annotated Reader, Suddenly Press, 2008
“Sprung” in Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry, Autumn House Press, 2007
Life
Dutton grew up in central California. She graduated from the University of California, Santa CruzUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...
with a BA in History and then lived for a year in England before moving to Los Angeles where she worked in music management. She later studied writing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2007, she earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver
University of Denver
The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....
, where she also served as Associate Editor for the Denver Quarterly
Denver Quarterly
The Denver Quarterly is a literary journal based at the University of Denver. Founded in 1966 by novelist John Williams.-Best American Short Stories:...
. For six years she taught fiction and literature classes in the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University
Naropa University
Naropa University is a private American liberal arts university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher and Oxford University scholar Chögyam Trungpa, it is named for the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda.Naropa describes itself as...
. She worked as a book designer at Dalkey Archive Press
Dalkey Archive Press
Dalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism in Illinois in the United States, specializing in the publication or republication of lesser known, often avant-garde works...
for four of those years. She is now an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
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In 2010, Dutton launched her own independent press Dorothy, a publishing project. The website states that Dorothy, a publishing project is dedicated "to works of fiction, or near fiction, or about fiction, mostly by women." To date, the press has published books by Renee Gladman, Barbara Comyns, and Manuela Draeger (translated from the French by Brian Evenson).
Books
S P R A W L, Siglio Press, 2010, shortlisted for the Believer Book AwardBeliever Book Award
Believer Book Award is an American literary award presented yearly by The Believer magazine to novels and story collections the magazine's editors thought were the "strongest and most under-appreciated" of the year. A shortlist and longlist are announced, along with reader's favorites, then a final...
Attempts at a Life, Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2007
Chapbooks
from A World Called a Blazing World, Belladonna* Collaborative, 2011City, Sidebrow Books, 2010
Anthologies
“Selections from Madame Bovary” in I’ll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women, Les Figues Press, forthcoming 2011“Nine Attempts at a Life” in A Best of Fence: The First Nine Years, Fence Books, 2009
“from S P R A W L” in Where We Live Now: An Annotated Reader, Suddenly Press, 2008
“Sprung” in Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry, Autumn House Press, 2007