Name David Rhodes | Role Novelist | |
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Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Books Driftless, Jewelweed: A Novel, The Easter House, Rock Island Line, A Season of Drake | ||
David rhodes author of jewelweed and driftless
David Rhodes (born in 1946) is an American novelist. He has published five novels. The most recent, Jewelweed, was published in 2013.
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- David rhodes author of jewelweed and driftless
- Author david rhodes on writing through dark times
- Biography
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Author david rhodes on writing through dark times
Biography
Rhodes grew up outside Des Moines, Iowa. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marlboro College in 1969 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from The Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1971. He published The Last Fair Deal Going Down (Atlantic Little Brown, 1972), The Easter House (Harper & Row, 1974), Rock Island Line (Harper & Row, 1975), Driftless (Milkweed Editions, 2008), and Jewelweed (Milkweed Editions, 2013).
In 1977, Rhodes suffered a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Driftless was his first book since his return to publishing.
Rhodes lives with his wife, Edna, in rural Wonewoc, Wisconsin.