Doug Bauer
Doug Bauer’s novels, essays, journalism, and anthologies have won wide praise for their stylistic precision, clarity, and ability to capture the texture and grit of American life. He's been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in both fiction and creative non-fiction and has won the PEN/New England award for non-fiction. His latest novel, The Beckoning World, was published in November. Photo by A. Mathiowetz
Biography
Bauer’s novels are The Book of Famous Iowans; The Very Air; and Dexterity. His latest novel, The Beckoning World, was published in November 2022. He has also published three works of nonfiction: Prairie City, Iowa; The Stuff of Fiction; and What Happens Next?: Matters of Life and Death, which won the 2014 PEN/New England Book Award in Nonfiction. He’s edited the anthologies Prime Times: Writers on Television and Death by Pad Thai and Other Unforgettable Meals. He has received fellowships in both fiction and creative nonfiction from the National Endowment for the Arts. He holds a Doctor of Arts from the State University of New York at Albany and a BA in journalism from Drake University. He has taught, among other places, at Harvard, Rice University, and Smith College. Bauer was an undergraduate faculty member at Bennington from Fall 2005-Spring 2015 and has been teaching in the Bennington Writing Seminars since January 2007. Photo by A. Mathiowetz