Darryl Dickson-Carr

Darryl Dickson-Carr
Born	1968 (age 55–56)
Occupation	Author professor literary critic
Nationality	American
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara (PhD)
Notable awards	American Book Award (2006)

Darryl Dickson-Carr (born 1968) is an American author, professor, and literary critic.

Life

Dr. Dickson-Carr graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Ph.D. in English with a focus on African American satire. He taught at Florida State University before joining the English faculty at Southern Methodist University, where he currently teaches and serves as interim Director of Graduate Studies.

Awards

• 2006 American Book Award, for The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction

Works

• Dickson-Carr, Darryl (2001). African American satire: the sacredly profane novel. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-1325-9.
• Darryl Dickson-Carr, ed. (2005). The Columbia guide to contemporary African American fiction. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-12472-0. Darryl Dickson-Carr.
• David Seed, ed. (2009). "Ishmael Reed: American Iconoclast". A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-4691-3.
• "The Projection of the Beast: Subverting Mythologies in Toni Morrison’s Jazz.”, CLA Journal 49:2 (December 2005). 168-83.
• “Introduction.” Ebony Rising: Short Fiction from the Greater Harlem Renaissance Era, 1912-1940, Craig Gable ed. Indiana University Press, 2004.

External links

• African-American literature