| 词条 | Ruth Crocker |
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|image = | name = Ruth W Crocker | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name =Ruth Whipple[1] | birth_date = 1946 | birth_place = Mystic, Connecticut, United States | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Writer | nationality = American | period = | genre = non-fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Those Who Remain | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = {{URL|ruthcrocker.com/}} }}Ruth Whipple Crocker (born December 10, 1946) is an American writer and author of the memoir Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War, which began as a Pushcart Prize-nominated essay in O-Dark-Thirty.[2][3] BiographyCrocker was born in 1946 in Mystic, Connecticut. After attending Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, she met and married West Point officer David R. Crocker, Jr.[4] When her husband died during the Vietnam War, Crocker went back to school and received a B.S. from the University of Connecticut; an MA in education from Tufts University; and a PhD in nutrition and human development from the University of Connecticut.[5] She received her MFA in creative writing from Bennington College in 2011.[6] Her nonfiction essay "Sam's Way" in The Gettysburg Review was listed as a notable essay of 2012 in Best American Essays 2013.[7] Crocker is on the National Board of the Gold Star Wives of America.[8] She resides in Mystic, Connecticut, and has one son, Noah Bean.[9] BibliographyBooksThose Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War (2014) People of Yellowstone (2017) Essays
References1. ^http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theday/obituary.aspx?n=estella-whipple&pid=100578745 2. ^[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ruth-w-crocker/those-who-remain "THOSE WHO REMAIN by Ruth W. Crocker."] Kirkus Reviews. May 13, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015. 3. ^"Pushcart Nominations." Veterans Writing Project. December 21, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2015. 4. ^Souza, Michael. "Remembrance and Reunion After War." Mystic River Press. November 5, 2014. Accessed March 10, 2015. 5. ^"Veterans Summit: Speakers." Lyndon Vermont State College. Accessed March 10, 2015 6. ^Dorsey, Kristina. "Ruth Crocker pens a post-Vietnam War memoir." The Day. November 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2015 7. ^Strayed, Cheryl, Ed. The Best American Essays 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Pg. 304. 8. ^"GSW Chapter Region Liaison Director – Gold Star Wives of America." Gold Star Wives of America. Retrieved March 2, 2015. 9. ^Dorsey, Kristina. "Ruth Crocker pens a post-Vietnam War memoir." The Day. November 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2015 External links
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