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Dennis Covington (born October 30, 1948) is an American author whose work includes two novels and three nonfiction books.〔 His subject matter includes spirituality, the environment, and the South.〔 Covington's book ''Salvation on Sand Mountain'' was a 1995 National Book Award finalist and his articles have been published in ''The New York Times'' and ''Vogue''.〔 Covington was born in Birmingham, Alabama, studied fiction writing and earned a BA degree from the University of Virginia, then served in the U.S. Army. He earned an MFA in the early 1970s from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, studying under Raymond Carver. He taught English at the College of Wooster. He married his second wife, writer Vicki Covington, in 1977. The couple returned to Birmingham the following year, and he began teaching at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They have two adult daughters and three grandchildren. In 1983, Dennis Covington went to El Salvador as a freelance journalist. In 2003, he became Professor of Creative Writing at Texas Tech University.〔〔(Texas Tech, Department of English )〕 In 2005, he was a judge for the National Book Awards.〔(''2005 National Book Award Judges'' )〕 Covington spoke at a talk hosted by the University of Central Florida's literary magazine ''The Cypress Dome'' in 2009.〔Viloc Pham (Author entertains, inspires students; Cypress Dome hosts speaker October 10, 2009 Central Florida Future (University of Central Florida) )〕 ==Works== * ''Lizard'', New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. For younger readers. * ''Lasso the Moon'', New York: Delacorte Press, 1995. For younger readers. * ''Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Salvation in Southern Appalachia'', Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 978-0-14-025458-7 * ''Cleaving: The Story of a Marriage'', (with Vicki Covington), New York: North Point Press, 1999. * ''Redneck Riviera: Armadillos, Outlaws, and the Demise of an American Dream'', New York: Counterpoint, 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dennis Covington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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