Bruce Dobler

Bruce Dobler (1939–2010) was an American writer.[1]

Bruce Dobler
Born(1939-06-30)June 30, 1939
Chicago, Illinois
DiedAugust 15, 2010(2010-08-15) (aged 71)
El Paso, Texas
OccupationWriter
EducationUniversity of Illinois and Iowa Writers' Workshop
Notable worksThe Last Rush North (Little,Brown, 1976); Ice Pick: A Novel about Life and Death in a Maximum Security Prison (Little,Brown, 1974); I Made It Myself (Grosset, 1973)
Notable awardsFirst "writer-in-residence", Phillips Exeter Academy
SpousePatricia Dobler (divorced 1992); Julieta (Julie) Barrera (2008-2010)

Life

Born June 30, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Dobler earned his BA at the University of Illinois and MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. In 1969–1970, Dobler was the first "writer-in-residence" at Phillips Exeter Academy. Later he taught English Literature and Writing at Windham College, the University of Arizona, and the University of Texas, El Paso. He taught writing at the University of Pittsburgh from 1979 until his retirement in 2008. Dobler was married to the poet Patricia Dobler (1939–2004). He divorced her in 1992. On July 4, 2008, he married Julieta (Julie) Barrera.[2]

Death

Dobler was found dead in his home in El Paso, Texas on August 15, 2010. He was 71 years old at the time of his death, and was survived by his two daughters and second wife.[3]

Works
  • The Last Rush North, novel (Little,Brown, 1976)
  • Ice Pick: A Novel about Life and Death in a Maximum Security Prison, novel (Little,Brown, 1974)
  • I Made It Myself, (Grosset, 1973)
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gollark: Personally, my suggested climate-change-handling policies:- massively scale up nuclear fission power, it's just great in most ways- invest in better rail infrastructure - maglevs are extremely cool™ and fast™ and could maybe partly replace planes?- electric cars could be rented from a local "pool" for intra-city transport, which would save a lot of cost on batteries- increase grid interconnectivity so renewables might be less spotty- impose taxes on particularly badly polluting things- do research into geoengineering things which can keep the temperature from going up as much- increase standards for reparability; we lose so many resources to randomly throwing stuff away because they're designed with planned obsolecence- a very specific thing related to that bit above there - PoE/other low-voltage power grids in homes, since centralizing all the AC→DC conversion circuitry could improve efficiency, lower costs of end-user devices, and make LED lightbulbs less likely to fail (currently some of them include dirt-cheap PSUs which have all *kinds* of problems)
gollark: You can get AR-ish things which just display notifications or something.
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gollark: Yes, that might be interesting.

References
  1. Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2002. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000025909.
  2. "Obituary: Bruce Dobler/Maintstay of Pitt's nonfiction writing program." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 20, 2010.
  3. "Obituary: Bruce Dobler/Maintstay of Pitt's nonfiction writing program," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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