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Poet and author, including the books 'The Man Who Loved Birds' (2016), 'Crossing the River' (1991), 'Scissors, Paper, Rock' (1994), 'Geography of the Heart: A Memoir' (1996, Lambda Literary Award), 'Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey' (2004, Lambda Literary Award), and his collection of essays 'Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays' (2017).  Regular contributor to Harper's magazine. Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arizona, having taught at numerous other universities.   
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Novelist, essayist, and memoirist.  Author of the books 'The Man Who Loved Birds' (2016), 'Crossing the River' (1991), 'Scissors, Paper, Rock' (1994), 'Geography of the Heart: A Memoir' (1996, Lambda Literary Award), 'Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey' (2004, Lambda Literary Award), his collection of essays 'Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays' (2017), and 'At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life' (2020).  Regular contributor to Harper's magazine. Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arizona, having taught at numerous other universities.  Writer of narration for independent media, including radio, documentaries, and personal films.
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==See Also==
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* [[Notable LGBTQ Essayists]]
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* [[Teachers of Creative Writing Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 00:36, 11 December 2021

Fenton Johnson

Country

United States

Birth - Death

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Lambda Literary Award

Description

Novelist, essayist, and memoirist. Author of the books 'The Man Who Loved Birds' (2016), 'Crossing the River' (1991), 'Scissors, Paper, Rock' (1994), 'Geography of the Heart: A Memoir' (1996, Lambda Literary Award), 'Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey' (2004, Lambda Literary Award), his collection of essays 'Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays' (2017), and 'At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life' (2020). Regular contributor to Harper's magazine. Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arizona, having taught at numerous other universities. Writer of narration for independent media, including radio, documentaries, and personal films.

See Also

Further Reading/Research