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Name: Denis Johnson
Birth Date: July 1, 1949
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of Denis Johnson
4,054 words, approx. 14 pages
Described by an anonymous reviewer for Esquire (December 1985) as "a writer who slips smoothly from poetry to the novel and back again," Denis Johnson has produced a significant body of work since he began publishing in the late 1960s. His poetry is...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Denis Johnson Information
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Denis Johnson (born 1949 in Munich, West Germany) is an American writer who has written numerous novels, short stories and poems. He was raised in Tokyo, Manila, and Washington. He holds a masters' degree from the University of Iowa. His work was...


News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Johnson not to be denied
11/19/2007: 625 words, approx. 2 pages
JENNA FRYER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-19-2007 Johnson not to be denied -- Wins second straight Nextel championship By JENNA FRYER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 11-19-2007, Monday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson...
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The Independent - London
Authorities deny making payment to Johnson
01/31/1997: 352 words, approx. 1 pages
Michael Johnson's non-appearance at the Crystal Palace Grand Prix last July, generated fresh controversy yesterday as claims were made by his agent that he had received pounds 45,000 in settlement for the dispute. That was flatly denied by both the British Athletic Federation and...
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The New York Observer
Johnson\'d5s Anthem to American Folly
9/4/2007: 981 words, approx. 3 pages
TREE OF SMOKEBy Denis Johnson Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 614 pages, $27 Tree of Smoke will surely be hailed as a great novel of the Vietnam War, which it is—but more than that it’s a caterwauling anthem about American jitters, American doubt and American folly,...
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AP News
Hitchens among book award finalists
10/10/2007: 567 words, approx. 2 pages
Should Christopher Hitchens win a National Book Award, you can be sure he won't thank any higher powers.The author, columnist and commentator was nominated for "God Is Not Great," a polemic with a self-evident theme. Hitchens' book received mixed reviews, but became a best seller...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by David L. Ulin
2,343 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following review, Ulin examines the essays in Seek, praising the “rawness” of Johnson's prose style.
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Critical Review by Gary Krist
2,180 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following review, Krist offers a generally positive assessment of Resuscitation of a Hanged Man.
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Critical Review by Paul Jenkins
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In the following excerpt, Jenkins comments on the ubiquitous references to angels in recent American poetry and offers a generally positive review of The Veil.
 


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