词条 | Tom W. Mayer |
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He graduated from Wallace Stegner's Stanford Writing Program[2] Mayer’s short story, "Homecoming," from his first book of short stories, Bubblegum and Kipling, was selected for the Prize Stories 1965: The O. Henry Awards, appearing alongside stories from such noted authors as Donald Barthelme and Joyce Carol Oates.[3] His second set of short stories, The Weary Falcon, was published in 1971 and is based on his experiences in Vietnam "as a free-lance magazine correspondent."[4] Both books are presently out of print.[5] However, a new edition of Bubblegum and Kipling with an introduction by Andre Dubus III is available from Pharos Editions.[6] Mayer is also a recreational air pilot with two airplanes, a D17S and a Midget Mustang II, both registered with the FAA in the city of Santa Cruz, New Mexico.[7] He has also written two non-fiction books on flying, Mountain Flying (1981) and Climb for the Evening Star (1974), both of which are presently out of print.[8] References1. ^http://catalog.unm.edu/catalogs/2011-2012/colleges/arts-sciences/english/index.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayer, Tom W.}}2. ^http://lopezbooks.com/articles/vnfirsts/ 3. ^http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/ohenry/0900/winners1919.html 4. ^{{Google books |id=iFMEAAAAMBAJ |page=12 |title=LIFE 26 Mar 1971 }} 5. ^http://lopezbooks.com/articles/vnfirsts/ 6. ^http://pharoseditions.com/bubble-gum-and-kipling/ 7. ^http://www.city-data.com/city/Santa-Cruz-New-Mexico.html 8. ^http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/217742.Tom_Mayer 4 : Living people|University of New Mexico faculty|Guggenheim Fellows|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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