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    Andre Dubus

    American writer

    For the author of House of Sand and Fog and other novels and story collections, see Andre Dubus III.

    Andre Jules Dubus II (August 11, – February 24, ) was an American writer of short stories, novels, and essays.[1]

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    Early life and education

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    Andre Jules Dubus II was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the youngest child of Katherine (Burke) and André Jules Dubus, a Cajun-Irish Catholic family. His two elder siblings are Kathryn and Beth. James Lee Burke is his first cousin.[2] His surname is pronounced "Duh-BYOOSE", with the accent falling on the second syllable, as in "profuse". Dubus grew up in the Bayou country in Lafayette, Louisiana, and was educated bygd the Christian Brothers, a Catholic religious order that emphasized literature and writing. Dubus graduated from nearby McNeese State College in as a journalism and English major. Dubus then spent six years in the Marine Corps, eventually rising to t

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    The papers of Andre Dubus span the years to and comprise notebooks containing drafts of short stories and non-fiction, story ideas and character notes, along with family correspondence and a series of journals in which are recorded thoughts, personal and religious exercises performed, and housekeeping notes. Some biographical and critical material in the form of clippings and periodical issues is present.The arrangement of these papers is one formulated at the Ransom Center and is presented in four series. Series I. Works, , comprises three subseries: Subseries A. Notebooks, (6 boxes), Subseries B. Typescripts, ( boxes), and Subseries C. Short Works Published in Periodicals, ( boxes). Following are Series II. Family Correspondence and Papers, (5 boxes), Series III. Personal, (7 boxes), and Series IV. Works by Others, (2 boxes).The notebooks kept by Andre Dubus comprising Subseries A of the Works Series I contain drafts of fic

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  • Bodwell, Joshua. “The Art of Reading Andre Dubus: We Don’t Have to Live Great Lives.” Poets & Writers (1 July ): 21–

    Begins with a discussion of Dancing After Hours as the entry point into both the biographical and literary influences on Dubus’s canon, while providing brief analyses of stories in relation to dominant themes that span Dubus’s career.

  • Brown, Suzanne Hunter. “Andre Dubus (–).” In Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story. Edited by Blanche H. Gelfant, – New York: Columbia University Press,

    Begins with a short biography, interesting for its lengthy discussion of Dubus’s first published story, “The Intruder.” Sets up the recurring conflict in Dubus’s stories of protagonists who face difficult choices in protection of family; this theme is carried through in a discussion of two of Dubus