STEPHEN O'CONNOR is the author of six books: Quasimode, a poetry collection; Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings, a novel; two short story collections.
Stephen O'Connor (born May 21, 1952) is an American writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry..
Stephen O'Connor
For the professor of biomedical engineering, see Stephen O'Connor (academic).
Stephen O’Connor (born May 21, 1952) is an American writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
His most recent novel Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings has been published by Viking. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker,[1]The Best American Short Stories,[2]Conjunctions,[3] and New England Review.[4] His essays have appeared in The New York Times,[5] and Agni.[6] His poems have been in Poetry,[7]The Beloit Poetry Journal,[8] and Missouri Review.[9]
Early life
O’Connor was born May 21, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York to an Irish father and a French mother.[10] He grew up mainly in New Jersey, and attended Columbia University, where he studied with Kenneth Koch[11] and U.C.
Berkeley, where he studied with Leonard Michaels.[12]
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