Ray, David

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RAY, David

RAY, David. American, b. 1932. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Poetry, Autobiography/Memoirs, Essays. Career: Lecturer, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1960-64, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1964-66, and Writer's Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1969-70; University of Missouri, Kansas City, professor of English, 1971-95. Ed., New Letters, 1971-85; Indo-U.S. fellow, India, 1981-82; exchange professor, New Zealand, 1987; visiting professor, Australia and New Zealand, 1991-92. Publications: X-Rays, 1965; Dragging the Main, 1968; A Hill in Oklahoma, 1972; Gathering Firewood, 1974; Enough of Flying, 1977; The Mulberries of Mingo and Other Stories, 1978; The Tramp's Cup, 1978; The Touched Life: Selected Poems, 1982; Not Far from the River, Translations from the Gatha Saptasati, 1983; (co-author) The Deepest Hunger (play), 1984; On Wednesday I Cleaned Out My Wallet, 1985; Elysium in the Halls of Hell, 1986; Sam's Book, 1987; The Maharani's New Wall, 1989; Wool Highways, 1993; Kangaroo Paws, 1994; Letter from Arizona to Dave Ignatow, 1998; Heart- Stones: New and Selected Poems, 1998; Demons in the Diner, 1999; The Endless Search, 2003; One Thousand Years: Poems about the Holocaust, 2003. EDITOR: The Chicago Review Anthology, 1959; From the Hungarian Revolution, 1966; (with R. Bly) A Poetry Reading against the Vietnam War, 1966; (with R. Farnsworth) Richard Wright: Impressions and Perspectives, 1973; (with J. Salzman) The Jack Conroy Reader, 1979; (with J. Ray) New Asian Writing, 1979; From A to Z: 200 Contemporary American Poets, 1980; Collected Poems of E. L. Mayo, 1981; (with A. Singh) India, An Anthology of Contemporary Writing, 1983; New Letters Readers I and II, 1984; (with J. Ray) Fathers: A Collection of Poems, 1997. Address: 2033 E 10th St, Tucson, AZ 85719, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]