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Ron Carlson

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Logan, Utah, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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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

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Books by Ron Carlson

Average rating: 3.86 · 1899 ratings · 445 reviews · 23 distinct works

	Five Skies 372 avg rating — 542 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Signal 343 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Ron Carlson Writes a Story 397 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories 423 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	At the Jim Bridger: Stories 428 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Hotel Eden 408 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Plan B for the Middle Class: Stories 419 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The News of the World 433 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Speed of Light 379 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald 344 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“I always write from my own experiences, whether I've had them or not.”
― Ron Carlson

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“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

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“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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