Doug Dorst 2015

Doug
Dorst

Doug Dorst teaches writing at Texas State University – San Marcos. He is author of the PEN/Hemingway-nominated novel Alive in Necropolis and the collection The Surf Guru. His work has appeared in McSweeny’s, Ploughshares, Epoch and elsewhere. Dorst is also a three-time Jeopardy! Champion.

Doug Dorst teaches writing at Texas State University – San Marcos. He is author of the PEN/Hemingway-nominated novel Alive in Necropolis and the collection The Surf Guru. His work has appeared in McSweeny’s, Ploughshares, Epoch and elsewhere. Dorst is also a three-time Jeopardy! Champion.

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