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Bruce Ducker (born August 10, 1938) is an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is the author of eight novels, a collection of short fiction, and a collection of poetry.[1] His novel Lead Us Not Into Penn Station won the Colorado Book Award in 1995.[2]

Early life and education

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Ducker was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Belle Harbor, New York. He received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1960 with a double major in philosophy and comparative literature. He earned an M.A. in comparative literature (1962) and an LL.B. in law (1964) from Columbia University.[3]

He and his wife moved to Colorado in 1964, where they raised three children, living in Denver and the Aspen Valley. Jaren, his wife of 56 years, died in 2018.[4]

Career

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Writing

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Ducker has published ten books spanning literary fiction, suspense, short stories, and poetry.[1] His fiction includes eight novels, beginning with Rule by Proxy (1976), followed by Failure at the Mission Trust (1983), Bankroll (1989), Marital Assets (1993), Lead Us Not Into Penn Station (1995), Bloodlines (2000), Mooney in Flight (2003), and Dizzying Heights (2008).[5] A collection of his short stories, The Home Pool: Flyfishing and Lesser Passions, was published by Stackpole Books in 2008.[6] His first collection of poetry, Stemming the Flow, was published by Kingston University Press in 2024.[7]

Ducker's novel Lead Us Not Into Penn Station won the Colorado Book Award and was runner-up for the American Library Association Best Book Award.[2] His work has won praise from novelists James Salter and Warwick Downing, and humorist Dave Barry.[8]

Over 100 of Ducker's poems and short stories have appeared in leading literary journals,[1] including The New Republic, Poetry, the PEN/America Journal, and the Yale, Hudson, Southern, and Sewanee Reviews, as well as The Missouri Review, Shenandoah, American Literary Review, Ascent, and Commonweal.[9]

Ducker's writing has received attention from scholars and poets including Ruth Wisse, Lisa Russ Spaar, and Bin Ramke.[10] In 1989, Ducker received the Macallan Story Prize for his short fiction.[11]

Law

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Ducker spent 50 years in the practice of corporate law, with a brief hiatus in business as general counsel and president at a Fortune 500 company.[12] In 1968, he founded the law firm Ducker, Montgomery Lewis & Bess.[13] He retired from the practice of law in 2014. From 1988 onward, he has been listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Law, Who's Who in the Arts, and The Best Lawyers in America.[14]

Bibliography

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Novels

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Short fiction

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Poetry

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  • Stemming the Flow (Kingston University Press, 2024), ISBN 978-1-909362-78-9

Awards and recognition

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bruce Ducker". Colorado Poets Center.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Colorado Book Awards". Colorado Humanities. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ↑ Denver Public Library, "Bruce Ducker Papers," biographical materials identifying Ducker's birthplace and education at Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960) and Columbia University (M.A. in comparative literature, 1962; LL.B. in law, 1964).
  4. ↑ "Jaren Ducker Fought to Strengthen Denver Community," The Denver Post, December 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bruce Ducker," Poets & Writers, Directory of Writers; Publishers Weekly, "Books by Bruce Ducker and Complete Book Reviews," bibliographic records and reviews.
  6. ↑ Bruce Ducker, The Home Pool: Flyfishing and Lesser Passions (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008).
  7. ↑ Bruce Ducker, Stemming the Flow (Kingston University Press, 2024), ISBN 978-1-909362-78-9. WorldCat catalogue record 1485640353.
  8. ↑ Dust jacket, Mooney in Flight (McAdam/Cage, 2003), for James Salter's praise; Dizzying Heights: The Aspen Novel (Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2008), for references to Warwick Downing and Dave Barry.
  9. ↑ The New Republic (May 10, 2010); The Yale Review, vol. 81:2 (1993); Poetry (May 1991); The Southern Review, vol. 43:3 (2007); The Hudson Review, vol. LIX, no. 4 (2007); The Missouri Review, vol. 31:4 (2008); The Sewanee Review, vol. CXVI, no. 3 (2008); Shenandoah, vol. 63, Issue 1 (Fall 2013); American Literary Review (October 2017); Ascent (August 7, 2013). The Colorado Poets Center additionally lists the Literary Review, PEN/America Journal, and Commonweal.
  10. ↑ Bruce Ducker, Stemming the Flow (Kingston University Press, 2024), front matter, containing comments by Lisa Russ Spaar, Bin Ramke, and Ruth Wisse, among others.
  11. 1 2 Robert Alan Jamieson, ed., The Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short-Story Collection (Edinburgh: Polygon Publishing, 1998), ISBN 978-0-7486-6287-6. British Library catalogue record.
  12. ↑ "Board Supported at Great Western", The New York Times, September 28, 1972.
  13. ↑ Biographical and professional records, including Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in the Arts, Who's Who in the Law, and historical records of Ducker, Montgomery Lewis & Bess.
  14. ↑ Who's Who in America, including the 70th ed. (2016), 69th ed. (2014), 62nd ed. (2007), 61st ed. (2006), and other editions; additional listings in Who's Who in Law, Who's Who in the Arts, and The Best Lawyers in America.
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