Dr. John T. Price

Iowa, United States

Member Since: 08/22/2012


John T. Price is the award-winning author of three memoirs, Daddy Long Legs: The Natural Education of a Father (Shambhala 2013), Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships (Da Capo 2008), and Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American Grasslands (U. of Nebraska Press, 2004), and editor of the nature anthology, The Tallgrass Prairie Reader (U. of Iowa Press, 2014).  A recipient of a prose fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, his work has appeared in many journals, magazines, and anthologies, including Orion, Creative Nonfiction, The Iowa Review, and Best Spiritual Writing.  He is a Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he directs the department's Creative Nonfiction Writing Program. 

Website: www.johntprice.com


Employment

  • Professor of English at University of Nebraska at Omaha (1998 - )

Degrees

  • Master of Fine Arts in Nonfiction Writing from U. of Iowa (August 1995)
  • Doctoral Degree in English from U. of Iowa (May 1997)

Genres of Interest

Creative nonfiction