Glimmer Train
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Glimmer Train is an American
literary journal founded in 1990 in Portland, Oregon
. It is published quarterly.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
literary journal founded in 1990 in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. It is published quarterly.
Past contributors
- Brad BarkleyBrad BarkleyBrad Barkley is a U.S. fiction writer, young adult novelist and a professor at Frostburg State University in Maryland.He has received four Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland Arts Council, and a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Select bibliography:*Money,...
- Charles Baxter
- Ron CarlsonRon Carlson-Life:Carlson was born in Logan, Utah, and grew up in Salt Lake City. He received a masters degree in English from the University of Utah. He then taught at The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, where he began his first novel....
- Greg DownsGreg DownsFor information about the former footballer, see Greg Downs Greg Downs is the author of the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning short story collection, Spit Baths published in 2006 by the University of Georgia Press and of the history book published in 2011 by the University of North Carolina Press...
- Peter SelginPeter SelginPeter Selgin is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, editor, and illustrator. Selgin is currently the at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.-Biography:...
- Andre Dubus IIIAndre Dubus IIIAndre Dubus III is an American novelist and writer of short stories. He is a member of the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.-Early life and career:...
- Aaron GwynAaron GwynAaron Gwyn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is an American short story author and novelist. He received his PhD in English from the University of Denver and now is an associate professor of English at University of North Carolina - Charlotte where he teaches fiction writing and contemporary...
- Noy HollandNoy HollandNoy Holland is an American writer and National Book Award nominee. She is married to the writer Sam Michel.-Literature-related:...
- Wayne KarlinWayne KarlinWayne Karlin is an American author, editor, and teacher. His books include Marble Mountain, War Movies: Journeys to Vietnam, The Wished-For Country, Prisoners, Rumors and Stones, Crossover, Lost Armies, The Extras, and Us...
- William TrevorWilliam TrevorWilliam Trevor, KBE is an Irish author and playwright. He is considered one of the elder statesman of the Irish literary world and widely regarded as the greatest contemporary writer of short stories in the English language....
- Ann BeattieAnn BeattieAnn Beattie is an American short story writer and novelist. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and a PEN/Bernard Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. Her work has been compared to that of Alice Adams, J.D. Salinger,...
- Thisbe Nissen
- Robert H. AbelRobert H. AbelRobert Halsall Abel is an American short story writer, and novelist.-Life:Robert Halsall Abel was born on May 27, 1941 in Painesville, Ohio. His father was Robert H...
- James Carlos BlakeJames Carlos BlakeJames Carlos Blake is an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories, and essays. His work has received extensive critical favor and several notable awards...
- Junot DiazJunot DíazJunot Díaz is a Dominican-American writer and creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Central to Díaz's work is the immigrant experience...