Spencer, Brent
SPENCER, Brent
SPENCER, Brent. American, b. 1952. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Has worked as a farm worker, truck driver, day laborer, construction worker, and a false-twist operator; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Jones Lecturer in Creative Writing, 1988-91; Creighton University, director of creative writing, 1992-2001. Publications: The Lost Son (novel), 1995; Are We Not Men? (short fiction), 1996. Contributor of short stories to periodicals. Address: Department of English, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, U.S.A.
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