Background
Miller, Alyce was born on August 26, 1953 in Zurich, Switzerland. Daughter of Richard and Mary Norman (Dagger) Miller.
(The author of "The Nature of Longing" offers a moving sto...)
The author of "The Nature of Longing" offers a moving story of a misfit's desire to be other than what she is, set in a tumultuous time, in a town riven by skin color.
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(These eight stories move beyond the boundaries of race an...)
These eight stories move beyond the boundaries of race and gender to explore the universal desire to belong. In the title story, a gay librarian in upstate New York is cruelly outed but finds comfort in the letter of a man he's never met.
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( Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award, this book by a g...)
Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award, this book by a genuine new talent crosses the racial and gender divide. The eight stories in The Nature of Longing move beyond conventional boundaries of race and gender to explore the universal desire to belong. Avoiding easy answers, Alyce Miller probes the overlapping worlds of blacks, whites, gays, and straights, all caught in the ordinary human struggle to connect with parents, spouses, lovers, friends, and children. In the title story, a gay librarian in upstate New York is cruelly outed but finds comfort in the letter of a man he's never met. In "Color Struck," a black mother in East Oakland struggles with her inability to name, and thus to accept, her albino daughter. In "Summer in Detroit," a black man, visiting his ailing white grandmother, is forced to relive a personal tragedy that occurred during the 1967 riots. The novella that closes the book, "Dead Women," examines a young American woman's search in Europe for romance that lasts beyond desire. Miller gives substance to her characters' poignant longing, which manifests itself in unexpected ways.
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Miller, Alyce was born on August 26, 1953 in Zurich, Switzerland. Daughter of Richard and Mary Norman (Dagger) Miller.
Master of Arts in English Literature, San Francisco State University, 1978. Master of Arts in Film, San Francisco State University, 1987. Master of Fine Arts in Writing, Vermont College, 1995.
Assocl. professor English and creative writing Indiana University, Bloomington, since 1995. Consultant, contractor in technical writing courses, San Francisco, 1983-1994. Adjunct faculty Santa Clara (California) University, 1993-1994.
Visiting assistant professor Ohio University, Athens, 1994-1995.
(The author of "The Nature of Longing" offers a moving sto...)
( Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award, this book by a g...)
(These eight stories move beyond the boundaries of race an...)
Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, Associate Writing Programs.
Married Stephen Powell, December 22, 1990.