Darryl Dickson-Carr

Darryl Dickson-Carr (born 1968) is an American author, professor, and literary critic.

Darryl Dickson-Carr
Born	1968 (age 56–57)
Occupation	Author professor literary critic
Nationality	American
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara (PhD)
Notable awards	American Book Award (2006)

Life

Dr. Dickson-Carr graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Ph.D. in English with a focus on African American satire. He taught at Florida State University^[1] before joining the English faculty at Southern Methodist University,^[2] where he currently teaches and serves as interim Director of Graduate Studies.

Awards

• 2006 American Book Award, for The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction

Works

• Dickson-Carr, Darryl (2001). African American satire: the sacredly profane novel. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-1325-9.
• Darryl Dickson-Carr, ed. (2005). The Columbia guide to contemporary African American fiction. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-12472-0. Darryl Dickson-Carr.
• David Seed, ed. (2009). "Ishmael Reed: American Iconoclast". A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-4691-3.
• "The Projection of the Beast: Subverting Mythologies in Toni Morrison’s Jazz.”, CLA Journal 49:2 (December 2005). 168-83.
• “Introduction.” Ebony Rising: Short Fiction from the Greater Harlem Renaissance Era, 1912-1940, Craig Gable ed. Indiana University Press, 2004.