Harry Crews
By Eric Hill • Mar 14th, 2010 • Category: Advice, From the Interweb, On Writing, VideoLarger:
Harry Crews bio:
Harry Crews (born June 7, 1935) is an American novelist, playwright, short story writer and essayist.
He was born in Cordele, Georgia in 1935 and served in the Marines during the Korean War. He attended the University of Georgia on the GI Bill, but dropped out to travel. Eventually returning to the university, Harry finally graduated and moved his wife, Sally, and son, Patrick Scott, to Jacksonville where Harry taught Junior High English for a year.
Harry returned to Gainesville and the university to work on his master’s in English Education. It was during this period that he and Sally divorced for the first time. Harry continued his studies, graduated, and - denied entrance into UF’s Creative Writing program - took a teaching position at Broward Community College in the subject of English. It was here in south Florida that Harry convinced Sally to return to him, and they were re-married. A second son, Byron, was born to them in 1963. He currently teaches at Wright State University.[1]
In 1964, Patrick Scott drowned in a neighbor’s pool. This proved to be too heavy a burden on the family, and Harry and Sally were once again divorced.
His first published novel, The Gospel Singer, was released in 1968. His novels include: A Feast of Snakes,The Hawk is Dying , Body, Scar Lover, Karate Is A Thing of the Spirit, All We Need of Hell, The Mulching of America, Car, and Celebration. He published a memoir in 1978 titled A Childhood: The Biography of a Place.
(Taken from Wikipedia)
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