Tom Dodge

Background

Tom Dodge was born on February 12, 1939 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Clarence Mann and Juanita Basham.

Education

Tom graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in 1964. In 1968 he received a M.A. from University of North Texas.

Career

Dodge served for the U.S. Army from 1961 till 1962. He worked as a high school English teacher in Mansfield, Texas from 1965 till 1968. Then he was an instructor in English at Blinn College, Brenham, Texas in 1968-1970. From 1970 until 1994 he was a professor of English at Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas. Since 1988 he has been a commentator for KERA-Radio.

Achievements

• Dodge is known for his book "Oedipus Road".

Works

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• book

  • Oedipus Road: Searching for a Father in a Mother's Fading Memory
  • Tom Dodge Talks About Texas: Radio Vignettes and Other Observations 1989-1999

Views

Quotations: “My advice to beginning writers is: words are the tools of your craft. A screwdriver will do the work of a chisel, but the result won’t be pretty.”

Interests

• Eating chocolate, jogging

Connections

Tom Dodge married Brenda in June 1960. He has children: Lyndon, Lowell, Karen Dodge Hoover.

Father:

Clarence Mann

Mother:

Juanita Basham

child:

Lyndon Dodge

child:

Lowell Dodge

child:

Karen Dodge Hoover

Wife:

Brenda