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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Bruce Ducker (born 1938) is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet.Ducker has written eight novels and a volume of short stories. His poetry and short fiction appear in such journals as The New Republic , The Yale Review, Poetry, Commonwealth, The Southern Review and The Hudson Review. Recent stories have appeared in The Missouri Review and The Sewanee Review. He is also known as a writer of fly-fishing stories, and his work is carried by Gray's Sporting Journal and The Big Sky Journal. He received the Colorado Book Award in 1995 for Lead Us Not Into Penn Station (also short-listed for the American Library Best Book Award) and was nominated for The Pulitzer Prize for his 1994 novel Marital Assets. He was early recognized by the Knopf editor Gordon Lish and featured in Lish's influential literary magazine, The Quarterly.His most recent books are his eighth novel, Dizzying Heights from Fulcrum, a comedy of manners set in Aspen which has drawn wide critical praise (and was a runner-up for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor); and The Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions, with illustrations by Western artist Duke Beardsley from Stackpole Books.Critics have called Ducker’s books “an evocative counterpart of loaded terms” (Boston Globe), “understated, elegant prose” (Denver Post), “written so allusively, so lyrically, so in tune with the quotidian” (L. A. Times), and “vivid, compelling and beautifully crafted” (Dave Barry). Though his books as a body are difficult to generalize, since they fall into several genres, his work often addresses the setting of the individual against the structures of wealth and business. Critics have compared his work to the writing of Louis Auchincloss and John Marquand.Ducker was born in New York, and was educated at Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960) and Columbia University (M.A., 1963; LL.B., 1964). He was admitted to the Colorado state bar in 1964. In 1979, he founded the Denver law firm Ducker, Montgomery, Lewis & Bess P. C. He has practiced corporate law most of his life, and has written law-review articles on business law. He has had a career in business as well as law, serving as general counsel and president of major companies, and serving as a director of several corporations. He has long been listed in Who's Who (America, World, American Law, and Arts), SuperLawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. Ducker, who lives in Colorado, is a jazz pianist and a licensed instrument pilot.. }

• Bruce_Ducker abstract "Bruce Ducker (born 1938) is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet.Ducker has written eight novels and a volume of short stories. His poetry and short fiction appear in such journals as The New Republic , The Yale Review, Poetry, Commonwealth, The Southern Review and The Hudson Review. Recent stories have appeared in The Missouri Review and The Sewanee Review. He is also known as a writer of fly-fishing stories, and his work is carried by Gray's Sporting Journal and The Big Sky Journal. He received the Colorado Book Award in 1995 for Lead Us Not Into Penn Station (also short-listed for the American Library Best Book Award) and was nominated for The Pulitzer Prize for his 1994 novel Marital Assets. He was early recognized by the Knopf editor Gordon Lish and featured in Lish's influential literary magazine, The Quarterly.His most recent books are his eighth novel, Dizzying Heights from Fulcrum, a comedy of manners set in Aspen which has drawn wide critical praise (and was a runner-up for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor); and The Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions, with illustrations by Western artist Duke Beardsley from Stackpole Books.Critics have called Ducker’s books “an evocative counterpart of loaded terms” (Boston Globe), “understated, elegant prose” (Denver Post), “written so allusively, so lyrically, so in tune with the quotidian” (L. A. Times), and “vivid, compelling and beautifully crafted” (Dave Barry). Though his books as a body are difficult to generalize, since they fall into several genres, his work often addresses the setting of the individual against the structures of wealth and business. Critics have compared his work to the writing of Louis Auchincloss and John Marquand.Ducker was born in New York, and was educated at Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960) and Columbia University (M.A., 1963; LL.B., 1964). He was admitted to the Colorado state bar in 1964. In 1979, he founded the Denver law firm Ducker, Montgomery, Lewis & Bess P. C. He has practiced corporate law most of his life, and has written law-review articles on business law. He has had a career in business as well as law, serving as general counsel and president of major companies, and serving as a director of several corporations. He has long been listed in Who's Who (America, World, American Law, and Arts), SuperLawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. Ducker, who lives in Colorado, is a jazz pianist and a licensed instrument pilot.".