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Verlyn Klinkenborg
American writer
Verlyn Klinkenborg (born in Meeker, Colorado) is an American non-fiction author, academic, and former newspaper editor, known for his writings on rural America.[1]
Early life and education
Klinkenborg was born in Meeker, Colorado and raised on a farm in Iowa.[2] He attended elementary school in Clarion, Iowa until the 6th grade before his family relocated to Osage, Iowa.[3] His family then moved to Sacramento, California.
Klinkenborg attended the University of California, Berkeley before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Pomona College. He then earned a Ph.D from Princeton University, also in English literature.[4]
Career
Klinkenborg taught literature and creative writing at Fordham University while living in The Bronx in the early to mids.
He later taught at St. Olaf College, Bennington College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bard College, and Harvard University. In , he received the Lila Wallace&#;Reader's Digest Writer's Award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.[5]
Klinkenborg's books include More Scenes from the Rural Life (Princeton Architectural Press), Making Hay and The Last Fine Time.
His book Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile concerns the tortoise which the English eighteenth century parson-naturalistGilbert White inherited from his aunt, as described in his book The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.[6] In the first half of , Klinkenborg posted a farm and garden blog about The Rural Life, consisting of entries from the daily journal kept by Gilbert White in Selborne in , and his own complementary daily entries.[7]
From to , he was a member of the editorial board of The New York Times.[8]
Klinkenborg has published articles in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, National Geographic and Mother Jones magazines.
He has written a series of editorial opinions in The New York Times; these are generally literary meditations on rural farm life. On December 26, , he announced in that column that it was to be the last he would be writing in that space.[9]
From to , he was a visiting writer-in-residence at Pomona College, where he taught nonfiction writing.
In , he received a Guggenheim fellowship, which funded his book The Mermaids of Lapland, about William Cobbett.[10] In , he published “Several Short Sentences About Writing”.
He currently teaches creative writing at Yale University and lives on a small farm in Upstate New York.[2]
Bibliography
Books
- The Rural Life
- More Scenes from the Rural Life (Princeton Architectural Press)
- Making Hay
- The Last Fine Time
- Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile
- Several Short Sentences About Writing
Book reviews
| Year | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| Klinkenborg, Verlyn (February 22, ).
"A horse is a horse, of course". The New York Review of Books. 65 (3): 46– | Raulff, Ulrich. Farewell to the horse&#;: a cultural history. Translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp. Liveright. | |
| Klinkenborg, Verlyn (December 19, ). "What Were Dinosaurs For".
The New York Review of Books. 66 (20): 34– | Five books on dinosaurs. | |
| Klinkenborg, Verlyn (December 17, ).Straight west verlyn klinkenborg biography photos Selected books in the Reaktion Animal series. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. Meeker, Colorado , U. Arts Educational magazines Klinkenborg, Verlyn ? "A Noah's Ark of Books". The New York Review of Books. 67 (20). | Selected books in the Reaktion Animal series. | |
Klinkenborg, Verlyn (August 19, ). "Requiem for a Heavyweight". The New York Review of Books.Straight west verlyn klinkenborg biography death: Verlyn Klinkenborg introduction ,. PBS American Masters. If you enjoyed: The Rural Life. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. 68 (13). | Giggs, Rebecca. Fathoms: The World in the Whale. Simon and Schuster. | |
| Klinkenborg, Verlyn (July 23, ). "The Forest's-Eye View". The New York Review of Books.Straight west verlyn klinkenborg biography Klinkenborg, Verlyn August 19, See all Verlyn Klinkenborg's quotes ». Klinkenborg, Verlyn December 17, The Rural Life 3. 69 (12). | Reid, John W.; Lovejoy, Thomas E.Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet. Norton. Rawlence, Ben. The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth. St Martin's. | |
| Klinkenborg, Verlyn (December 19, ). "Endless Summer". The New York Review of Books. 69 (15). | Wilson, Brent (director). Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (Documentary film). PBS American Masters. | |
| Klinkenborg, Verlyn (March 23, ). "Trees in Themselves". The New York Review of Books. 70 (5). | Farmer, Jared.
Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees. Basic Books. |
Bloggs, Joe; Bloggs, Fred (). Book of Bloggs.
References
- ^Mann, Brian (August 16, ). "The Rural Life: A conversation with The New York Times' Verlyn Klinkenborg". North Country Public Radio.
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- ^Klinkenborg, Verlyn (October 15, ). "Opinion | Editorial Notebook; Memory, Musical Desire and the Beatles". The New York Times.Straight west verlyn klinkenborg biography wikipedia Bibliography [ edit ]. The New York Times. He is the multi-award-winning chief sportswriter for The Times London. Raulff, Ulrich.
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- ^Klinkenborg, Verlyn (June 22, ). "Opinion | The Decline and Fall of the English Major". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved May 4,
- ^"Verlyn Klinkenborg". Archived from the original on March 7, Retrieved March 8,
- ^Mabey, Richard ().
Gilbert White: A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne. Century Hutchinson. pp.&#;, – ISBN&#;.
- ^Klinkenborg's New York Times garden blog.Verlyn klinkenborg divorce Going Home is a sparkling, funny, bighearted story of family and what happens when three men take charge of a toddler following an unexpected loss. It popped into my head. Klinghoffer, David —. In the publication Making Hay , Klinkenborg looks at the process of haying in the Midwestern states, reflecting upon the work from his first-hand experience on a farm in Minnesota.
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- ^"New York Times". Retrieved March 8,
- ^Klinkenborg, Verlyn (December 25, ). "Farewell". The New York Times.
- ^"Pomona College&#;: NewsPomona". Retrieved March 8,