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Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, Jesus' Son (1992). His most successful novel, Tree of Smoke (2007), won the National Book Award for Fiction. [2] Johnson was twice shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for ...
Pages in category "Short story collections by Denis Johnson" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jesus' Son is a collection of short fiction by Denis Johnson published in 1992 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.A short story cycle comprising 11 pieces, Jesus' Son is Johnson's most critically acclaimed and popular literary effort, and the work with which Johnson is most identified.
"The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" opens Johnson's volume of short fiction of the same name, and as such, it sets the tone for the stories that follow. [24] Critic Gavin Corbett emphasizes the significance of Johnson's placement of "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" in the volume: "This is the first story in the book and, thematically, the keynote."
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories is a 2018 short story collection by Denis Johnson. It was published posthumously on January 16, 2018, by Random House. It consists of five short stories, three of which were previously published in The New Yorker and Playboy. Johnson finished the collection a few weeks before his death in May 2017. [1]
Poet Ray Deshpande of the Poetry Foundation notes that while Johnson was "adept across genres, writing plays and searing war reportage in addition to fiction, one finds a distinctive voice in his four short books of poems." [8] Among the poets influenced by Johnson are Bianca Stone, Matt Hart, and Lucie Brock-Broido.
"Car Crash While Hitchhiking" is a work of short fiction by the American writer Denis Johnson based on a real incident in Johnson's life. [1] The story was first published in The Paris Review in 1989 and collected in the 1990 edition of The Best American Short Stories, which was curated by Richard Ford. Later, "Car Crash While Hitchhiking ...
[9] In Literary Review, John Dugdale wrote: "Johnson's expertise in dialogue and atmosphere means it works on the level of the individual scene, suggesting that his natural form is the short story; but when it comes to overall structure and main plotlines, Tree of Smoke is tellingly dependent on reworking other fiction." [10]