Ann Cummins is an American fiction writer. She was born in Durango, Colorado, and grew up in New Mexico. She is a graduate of writing programs at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona. She is the author of a short story collection, Red Ant House (2003), and a novel, Yellowcake (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).[1] Cummins lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she teaches creative writing at Northern Arizona University,[2] and in Oakland, California, with her husband, the musician S. E. Willis.
Yellowcake is about two families, Irish-catholic and Navajo, that are struggling with the laws of uranium mining.[3]
In 2002 Cummins was a recipient of a Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Cummins, Ann". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Ann Cummins". Poetry Center. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "A Guide to Place: A Conversation with Ann Cummins". World Literature Today. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Ann Cummins". KNAU Arizona Public Radio. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
Further reading edit
- "Illuminating the Landscape of Loneliness" from The Santa Fe New Mexican
- "'Yellowcake' rises from family ties" from Contra Costa Times
- Walking the twilight: women writers of the Southwest, p. 44
- The Prentice Hall anthology of women's literature, p. 1065
- World authors, 2000–2005, p. 141
External links edit
- Cummins's biography at Northern Arizona University