American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1999) Winner
Speer Morgan
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Speer Morgan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-01-25 （Fort Smith, Arkansas）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sewanee, Tennessee (University of the South attendance) → Columbia, Missouri (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Editor, Professor of English
- Active Years
- 1972-
- Affiliations
- The Missouri Review (editor-in-chief), University of Missouri (Department of English)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of the South (Sewanee) | — | — | — | 1964-1966 | United States |
| University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) | — | — | BA | 1966-1968 | United States |
| Stanford University | — | — | PhD | 1968-1972 | United States |
University of the South (Sewanee)
Period:
1964-1966
Country:
United States
Attended 1964–1966
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville)
Degree:
BA
Period:
1966-1968
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Received BA in 1968
Stanford University
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1968-1972
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
United States
Received PhD in 1972
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Prairie Schooner Best Story of the Year | Internal Combustion | — | Prairie Schooner | 受賞 |
| 1994 | National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Fellow | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
| 1990 | NEA Individual Fellowship in Fiction | Based on manuscript-in-progress 'The Whipping Boy' | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
| 1999 | American Book Award | The Freshour Cylinders | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Lawrence Foundation Prize | The Girl | — | Lawrence Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Goodheart Prize (Shenandoah best story) | The Big Bang | — | Shenandoah (magazine) | 受賞 |
| — | Foreword Magazine Silver Award | The Freshour Cylinders | — | Foreword Magazine | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Distinguished Literary Achievement Award | — | — | Missouri Humanities Council | 受賞 |
Prairie Schooner Best Story of the Year
1978
Work:
Internal Combustion
Organization:
Prairie Schooner
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Fellow
1994
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
フェローシップ
NEA Individual Fellowship in Fiction
1990
Work:
Based on manuscript-in-progress 'The Whipping Boy'
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
フェローシップ
American Book Award
1999
Work:
The Freshour Cylinders
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Lawrence Foundation Prize
2000
Work:
The Girl
Organization:
Lawrence Foundation
Result:
受賞
Goodheart Prize (Shenandoah best story)
2008
Work:
The Big Bang
Organization:
Shenandoah (magazine)
Result:
受賞
Foreword Magazine Silver Award
Work:
The Freshour Cylinders
Organization:
Foreword Magazine
Result:
受賞
Distinguished Literary Achievement Award
2019
Organization:
Missouri Humanities Council
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Frog Gig and Other Stories
1976 Short story collectionA collection of early short stories emphasizing regional settings and character-driven narratives.
regionalismhuman relationshipseveryday violence
Belle Starr
1979 NovelA novel drawing on historical figures and legend, exploring the intersection of personal lives and folklore.
history and legendidentity
The Assemblers
1986 NovelA novel with ensemble elements portraying characters on the margins of society.
communityalienation
Whipping Boy
1994 NovelA long-form novel dealing with personal pasts, trauma, and forgiveness.
effects of the pastatonement
The Freshour Cylinders
2000 Novel/StoriesA work that uses multiple stories and perspectives to depict fragments of American society and family life.
familymemorysociety
Bibliography
- Frog Gig and Other Stories (1976)
- Belle Starr (1979)
- The Assemblers (1986)
- Whipping Boy (1994)
- The Freshour Cylinders (2000)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist stylestrong regional (Southern/Midwestern) sense of placeconcise, observation-driven prose
- Recurring Motifs
- family and kinshipmemory and the past's influencedeclining regional landscapesviolence beneath the everyday
Legacy
Speer Morgan has contributed to raising the profile of The Missouri Review as its long-time editor, and is recognized for his work in American regional fiction, short stories, and novels. Through teaching and editorial work he has supported emerging writers.
Academic Societies
- Missouri Humanities Council
Trivia
- In the mid-1980s he established an online edition of The Missouri Review (TMR Online) on a commercial site, making it an early pioneer among online literary magazines.
- Taught at the Moberly Area correctional facility in 1977.
- His wife Kristine is a writer and teacher; they have lived in Columbia, Missouri.