Robert DeMott

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in New Canaan, Connecticut, The United States

November 22, 1943

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DeMott is Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, an endowed position he was awarded in 1998. He holds membership with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, American Literature Association, the Jim Harrison Society, and the John Steinbeck Society of America. DeMott retired from full-time teaching in April 2007.

A lifelong fly fisherman, DeMott is an International Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructor, a graduate of Western Rivers Professional Guide School, a member of both the American Museum of Fly Fishing and the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum, Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Anglers' Club of New York,and a life member of Trout Unlimited. He has ...more

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	Afield: American Writers on Bird Dogs by Robert DeMott (Editor), David Smith (Editor), Scott Ely (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astream: American Writers on Fly Fishing by Robert DeMott (Editor), Howell Raines (Foreword) 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversations with Jim Harrison, Revised and Updated 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angling Days: A Fly Fisher's Journals 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Arnis The Master Text 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Up Late Reading Birds of America: Prose Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Arnis - The Master Text Companion Volumes Set 1,2 and 3 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steinbeck's Typewriter: Essays on His Art liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott (Introduction & Notes by) 3.94 avg rating — 9,698 ratings — published 1933 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck, Elaine Steinbeck (Editor), Robert DeMott (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Every strong novel redefines our conception of fiction's dimensions and reorders our awareness of its possibilities.”
― Robert DeMott, The Grapes of Wrath

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“kind of person who could achieve anything if only he wasn’t dysfunctional enough not to.”
― Robert DeMott, Afield: American Writers on Bird Dogs

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“I have come to regret being right about anything anymore.”
― Robert DeMott, Afield: American Writers on Bird Dogs

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