Ron Carlson





Ron Carlson

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Logan, Utah, The United States
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Ron Carlson is an American novelist and writer of short stories.

Carlson was born in Logan, Utah, but grew up in Salt Lake City. He earned a masters degree in English from the University of Utah. He then taught at The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut where he started his first novel.

He became a professor of English at Arizona State University in 1985, teaching creative writing to undergraduates and graduates, and ultimately becoming director of its Creative Writing Program.

Carlson currently teaches at the University of California, Irvine.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Carlson


Average rating: 3.87 · 2,398 ratings · 518 reviews · 25 distinct works · Similar authors
Five Skies
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 651 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions
The Signal
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions
Ron Carlson Writes a Story
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2007
A Kind of Flying: Selected ...
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
At the Jim Bridger: Stories
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
The Hotel Eden
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
Plan B for the Middle Class...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions
The News of the World
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
The Speed of Light
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
Fast Facts? on False Teachings
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
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“I always write from my own experiences, whether I've had them or not.”
Ron Carlson

“It is philosophically impossible to be an atheist, since to be an atheist you must have infinite knowledge in order to know absolutely that there is no God. But to have infinite knowledge, you would have to be God yourself. It's hard to be God yourself and an atheist at the same time!”
Ron Carlson

“I tell students, when in doubt, to title their story after the smallest concrete object in their story. I warn them off plays on words, ('The Rent Also Rises'--no; 'Life in My Cat House'--no) and no grand reaches, either. 'Reverence,' 'Respect,' 'Regret,' 'Greed,' 'Adventure,' 'Retribution.' And never use the worst title of all time, 'The Gift,' a story I read six times a year.”
Ron Carlson

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