Jonis Agee

Jonis Agee ( born May 31, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska ) is an American writer.

Jonis Agee grew up in Nebraska and Missouri. She first attended the University of Iowa ( BA), then the State University of New York at Binghamton (MA, PhD). Currently (as of 2011 ) it is Adele Hall Professor of English at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and teaches creative writing and twentieth-century fiction.

Works (selection)

Strange Angels, Bend This Heart, and Sweet Eyes were placed on the list of Notable Books of the Year The New York Times (1989, 1991 and 1993).

Novels

  • Strange Angels, 1993
  • South of Resurrection, 1997
  • The Weight of Dreams, 1999
  • Sweet Eyes, 1991
  • The River Wife, 2007

Short stories

  • Pretend We've Never Met, 1989
  • Bend This Heart, 1989
  • A .38 Special and a Broken Heart, 1995
  • Taking the Wall, 1999
  • Acts of Love on Indigo Road, 2002
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