Dave Wright (writer)
Dave Wright | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | David Lee Wright May 16, 1985 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Pen name | Dave Wright |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Tennessee Technological University Sewanee: The University of the South |
| Home town | Dickson, TN |
| Period | 2013–present |
| Genres | Alt Lit |
| Literary movement | American Alternative Literature (Alt Lit) |
| Notable works | Riverwalkers, PARADE, Sidewalks&Paper, Observations in Biological Immortality |
| Notable awards | Beachie 2015 Best Poetry Collection |
| Years active | 2007 - Present |
| Relatives | J.M. McCaleb, Faye Yates, Beach Sloth, Mike Archibald |
Download books of Dave Wright (writer) or buy them on amazon
Dave Wright (born May 16, 1985) is an American poet, writer, and publisher. He has been associated with the American Alt Lit Movement (2010 - 2018).[1][2]
Life[edit]
David Lee Wright was born on May 16, 1985, in Nashville, TN, to Lance Corporal LD Wright of the United States Marine Corps and Leilani S. McCaleb. Raised on a multi-family farm 40 miles west of Nashville, he lived there with his brother Caleb and other family members.
He attended Dickson Elementary School, Dickson County Junior High School, and Dickson County High School, where he played football and soccer. He was also an active member of the Drama Club, Forensics Club, BETA Club, and Woods & Waters.
For his undergraduate studies, he went to Tennessee Technological University. There, he served as Editor of the campus newspaper, The Oracle, hosted a weekly variety radio show on WTTU called "The Chronicles of the Mule," and was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Society for Collegiate Journalists, and English Honors Society. He was awarded the 2006 William Jenkins Scholarship for Creative Writing and received the Best Film award at the 2006 Varsity Film Festival. His mentors included Poet Tom Saya, Journalist and author Earl Hutchison, and Author Russ Witcher.
He continued at Tennessee Technological University for his graduate studies from 2008 to 2010 and worked as Consumer Credit Manager for DT McCall & Sons Home Furnishings retailer from 2007 to 2010.
From 2015 to 2017, he attended the Sewanee School of Letters Graduate Program, where his thesis advisor was National Book Award Short-lister Chris Bacheleder. He also worked as a summer copyeditor at The Sewanee Review.
David's 4th great-grandfather is Christian Author and Founder of the Zoshigaya Missionary Museum (School) in Tokyo, Japan, J.M. McCaleb.[3] The J.M. McCaleb[4] Missionary Center at Lipscomb University in Nashville is named after the family.
In January 2010, while on a mission trip to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, he witnessed the catastrophic earthquake that claimed the lives of over 125,000 people.
Work[edit]
Wright's work has been showcased in The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature,[5][6] Black Heart Magazine, Best of Black Heart 2014, The Newer York, HUSMW, Cutty Spot Interviews, Calliope Magazine, The Caper Literary Journal's Anthology VWA: Poems for Haiti, Alt-Lit Gossip, and The Wright Archives.
Wright received an Emmy nomination in 2016. The book trailer short film for The Orphan Mother by Robert Hicks, featuring Wright, was released in Fall 2016 and earned an Emmy nomination soon after.[7]
He was the featured poet at East Side Storytellin' #42: Where The River Life Ran Through Us All, a well-known reading and music series in East Nashville.[8]
Dig That Book[edit]
Wright was a co-founding member of Dig That Book along with poet Mike W. "Archie" Archibald.
- #urananimal by Nicholas Spence
- Furthest Agent by DC DeMarse
- It Doesn't Matter What You Look Like On The Outside It's What's On The Internet That Counts by Beach Sloth[9]
- I Will Always Be in Love[10] by Alexandra Naughton[11]
- The End of the World by Megan Lent
- The Ghosts That Surrounded Them[12] by Timmy Reed[13] (Winner of the 2015 Baker Artist Grant)[14]
- NUMBSKULL by No Glykon
- Taco Jehovah[15] by Josh Spilker
Bibliography[edit]
- Riverwalkers (poems, Dig That Book Co. 2013)[16][17]
- PARADE (Novel, Uncorrected Proofs, 2023)
- Pixels (poems, Reality Hands, 2014)
- How The Blackbirds See It[18]
- Sidewalks&Paper (Poetry)[19]
- i&b-logs (Poetry)
This article "Dave Wright (writer)" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Dave Wright (writer). Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
- ↑ "Alt Lit Gossip". Altlitgossip.Tumblr.Com, 2024, https://altlitgossip.tumblr.com/post/80509954816/have-u-seen-my-whale-7-is-up-the-issue-features. Accessed 11 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "Alt Lit Gossip". Altlitgossip.Tumblr.Com, 2024, https://altlitgossip.tumblr.com/post/60031529883/young-writers-who-grew-up-with-the-internet. Accessed 11 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "Zoshigaya Missionary Museum Outline & History". Www15.J-server.Com, 2024, https://www15.j-server.com/LUCTOSHIMA/ns/tl.cgi/https%3a//www.city.toshima.lg.jp/129/bunka/bunka/shiryokan/kyusenkyoshikan/004412.html?SLANG=ja&TLANG=en&XMODE=0&XCHARSET=utf-8&XJSID=0. Accessed 11 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "McCaleb (J.M.) Papers". Oac.Cdlib.Org, 2024, https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8zg6qm2/. Accessed 11 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "Dave Wright“ Three Poems – The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature". Thedeadmule.Wordpress.Com, 2024, https://thedeadmule.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/dave-wright-three-poems/. Accessed 12 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "Dave Wright – "Dorthy Jane McAlister is World Famous:" – The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature". Thedeadmule.Wordpress.Com, 2024, https://thedeadmule.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/dave-wright-dorthy-jane-mcalister-is-world-famous/. Accessed 12 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "The Orphan Mother - Emmy-Nominated Book Promo on Vimeo". Vimeo.Com, 2024, https://vimeo.com/261493975?utm_campaign=5250933&utm_source=affiliate&utm_channel=affiliate&cjevent=5c45b776f8a211ee83413e5e0a82b824&clickid=5c45b776f8a211ee83413e5e0a82b824. Accessed 12 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "East Side Storytellin’ 42: Where the River life ran through all of us". Eastsidestorytn.Com, 2024, https://eastsidestorytn.com/east-side-storytellin-42-where-the-river-life-ran-through-all-of-us/. Accessed 12 Apr 2024.
- ↑ "It Doesnt Matter What You Look Like On the Outside It's What's on The Internet That Counts". Www.Goodreads.Com, 2024, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24267695-it-doesnt-matter-what-you-look-like-on-the-outside-it-s-what-s-on-the-in. Accessed 11 Apr 2024.
- ↑ Naughton, Alexandra (February 14, 2015). I Will Always Be in Love. Dig That Book Co. ISBN 978-0990775553. Search this book on
- ↑ Naughton, Alexandra. "The Tsaritsa". The Tsaritsa. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ↑ Reed, Timmy (April 14, 2015). The Ghosts That Surrounded Them. Dig That Book Co. ISBN 978-0990775539. Search this book on
- ↑ Reed, Timmy. "Underrated Animals Press". Underrated Animals Press. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ↑ Reed, Timmy (May 13, 2015). "The Baker Artist Grant". The Baker Artist Grant. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ↑ Spilker, Josh. "Taco Jehovah". Josh Spilker. Dig That Book Co. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ↑ Creamer, Colleen (June 12, 2013). ""Wright's Riverwalkers"". The Dickson Herald. Gannet. The Tennessean.
- ↑ Wright, Archibald, Dave,Mike (December 13, 2013). Google Books Entry for Riverwalkers. ISBN 978-0-692-21527-2. Retrieved 25 March 2024. Search this book on
- ↑ Wright, David. "Copyright". Library of Congress. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ↑ Wright, Dave (August 5, 2013). "Sidewalks&Paper". Issuu. Dig That Book Co., LLC. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
