Keith Lee Morris
Encyclopedia
Keith Lee Morris is an American author who has published two novels, The Greyhound God (University of Nevada Press
, 2003) and The Dart League King (Tin House Books, 2008), as well as two collections of short stories, The Best Seats in the House and Other Stories (University of Nevada Press
, 2004) and Call It What You Want (Tin House Books, 2010). His work has been published in A Public Space
, Tin House
, The Southern Review, Ninth Letter
, Story Quarterly, The New England Review, and The Georgia Review
.
Morris received his MFA in Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
. He is currently an Associate Professor in creative writing in the Clemson University
English Department.
and a Starred Review from Booklist.
His story "Tired Heart" was included in the collection New Stories from the South
: The Year's Best, 2006.
His story "The Culvert" won the 2005 Eudora Welty
Prize
University of Nevada Press
The University of Nevada Press is a university press that is run by the Nevada System of Higher Education. It was founded by Robert Laxalt in 1961....
, 2003) and The Dart League King (Tin House Books, 2008), as well as two collections of short stories, The Best Seats in the House and Other Stories (University of Nevada Press
University of Nevada Press
The University of Nevada Press is a university press that is run by the Nevada System of Higher Education. It was founded by Robert Laxalt in 1961....
, 2004) and Call It What You Want (Tin House Books, 2010). His work has been published in A Public Space
A Public Space
A Public Space is a quarterly English-language literary magazine based in Brooklyn, New York. First published in April 2006. A Public Space publishes fiction, poetry, essays and art...
, Tin House
Tin House
Tin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The Tin House magazine was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance...
, The Southern Review, Ninth Letter
Ninth Letter
Ninth Letter is a literary magazine that publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. It is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the and the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ninth Letter exists in two related but distinct forms: a biannual print...
, Story Quarterly, The New England Review, and The Georgia Review
The Georgia Review
The Georgia Review is an award-winning, nationally respected literary journal founded in 1947 that includes poetry, art, fiction, essays and reviews. It won the National Magazine Award for Fiction in 1986 and the National Magazine Award for Essay in 2007...
.
Morris received his MFA in Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26...
. He is currently an Associate Professor in creative writing in the Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
English Department.
Accolades
Morris's novel, The Dart League King, garnered a Starred Review and "Pick of the Week" in Publishers WeeklyPublishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
and a Starred Review from Booklist.
His story "Tired Heart" was included in the collection New Stories from the South
New Stories From the South
New Stories from the South is an annual compilation of short stories published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill and billed as the year's best stories written by Southern writers or about the Southern United States...
: The Year's Best, 2006.
His story "The Culvert" won the 2005 Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty
Eudora Alice Welty was an American author of short stories and novels about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards. She was the first living author to have her works published...
Prize