Paul Russell (novelist)

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Paul Russell is an American novelist, poet and short story writer. He is a two-time winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT fiction, in 2000 for The Coming Storm and in 2012 for The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov.[1] The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov is a fictionalized portrayal of a real person, the gay younger brother of Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov, about whom very little concrete biographical information is known.[2]

Russell grew up in Memphis, Tennessee,[2] where his father Jack was a mathematics professor at Southwestern at Memphis.[2] He studied at Oberlin College and Cornell University.[2] He is a professor of English literature at Vassar College.[3]

Works

Novels

  • The Salt Point (1991)
  • Boys of Life (1992)
  • Sea of Tranquillity (1994)
  • The Coming Storm (1999)
  • War Against the Animals (2003)
  • The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov (2012)
  • Immaculate Blue (2015)

Non-fiction

  • The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present (1995)

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  1. ↑ "Cleis Press and Viva Editions Announce the Debut of Audiobooks Produced by Renowned Susie Bright". PRWeb, February 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Paul Russell on a forgotten Nabokov ... and the writing life". Memphis Flyer, February 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Speak, Imagination". Chronogram, December 29, 2011.
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