Jonis Agee

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Jonis Agee (born May 31, 1943 in Omaha , Nebraska ) is an American writer.

Life

Jonis Agee grew up in Nebraska and Missouri . She first attended the University of Iowa ( BA ), then the State University of New York at Binghamton ( MA , PhD ). Currently (as of 2011) she is Adele Hall Professor of English at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln , where she teaches creative writing and twentieth-century fiction .

Works

Strange Angels , Bend This Heart and Sweet Eyes were named "Notable Books of the Year" by the New York Times (1989, 1991 and 1993).

Novels

  • Sweet Eyes , 1991
  • Strange Angels , 1993
  • South of Resurrection , 1997
  • The Weight of Dreams , 1999
  • The River Wife , 2007

Short stories

  • Pretend We've Never Met , 1989
  • Bend This Heart , 1989
  • A .38 Special and a Broken Heart , 1995
  • Taking the Wall , 1999
  • Acts of Love on Indigo Road , 2002

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Agee, Jonis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Omaha , Nebraska