Alan Stuart Cheuse (January 23, 1940 – July 31, 2015) was an American writer, editor, professor of literature, and radio commentator. A longtime NPR book commentator, he was also the author of five novels, five collections of short stories and novellas, a memoir and a collection of travel essays. In addition, Cheuse was a regular contributor to All Things Considered. His short fiction appeared in respected publications like The New Yorker, Ploughshares, The Antioch Review, Prairie Schooner, among other places. He taught in the Writing Program at George Mason University and the Community of Writers.[1]
Early life
Cheuse was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Cheuse grew up in a Jewish family, the son of a Russian immigrant father and a mother of Russian and Romanian descent.[2] Cheuse graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1957.
Cheuse was a regular book reviewer for the NPR radio program All Things Considered. In 1999, Cheuse also helped to found Fall for the Book, a nonprofit literary festival.
“A Little Death,” The Southern Review, Summer, 2007
“Thirty-Five Passages Over Water,” The Antioch Review, Fall, 2006
“Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941,” New Letters, Fall, 2006
“In the Kauri Forest,” Ploughshares, Fall, 2006
“Gribnis,” Prairie Schooner, Winter, 2006
“Horse Sacrifice and the Shaman’s Ascent to the Sky,” The Land-Grant College Review, Winter, 2005
“Paradise, Or, Eat Your Face,” (novella), The Idaho Review, Winter, 2004
“Revels,” Southern California Anthology, Summer, 2004
“Days Given Over to Travel,” Prairie Schooner, Summer, 2003
Edited works
With Lisa Alvarez et al. Writing Workshop in a Book: The Squaw Valley Community of Writers on the Art of Fiction. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007.
Seeing Ourselves: Great Early American Short Stories. 2007.
With Nicholas Delbanco. Literature: Craft & Voice, Vols. 1–3. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2012.
References
^Hegnauer, Lila. "Alan Cheuse (1940–2015)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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