Doug Van Gundy Explained

Birth Date:12 March 1966
Birth Place:Lewistown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Notable Works:A Life Above Water (2007)[1]

Doug Van Gundy (born 12 March 1966 in Elkins, West Virginia) is an American writer, poet, writer and teacher.[2] [3] He is known for his poetry collection A Life Above Water, which was published by Red Hen Press in 2007.[4] [5]

In August 1999, Van Gundy was a contestant of ABC's Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and became the first contestant to win $250,000 on the show.[6] [7]

Early life and education

Van Gundy is a graduate of Goddard College, where he received his degree as a Master of Fine Arts. Doug has been a visiting poet at Middle Tennessee State University, Lynchburg College, Randolph Macon College, Barton College, Coastal Carolina University, and Davis & Elkins College. He was an associate artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. His music has also been featured on National Public Radio's Mountain Stage.

Career

Gundy has written poetry and essays appearing in the Oxford American, The Guardian, Ecotone, Poems & Plays and The Louisville Review. He is the co-editor of Eyes Glowing at the Edge of the Woods: Contemporary Writing from West Virginia, published by Vandalia Press.[8]

Selected publications

Collections

Prose/ poetry

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doug Van Gundy. Red Hen Press. 27 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Ecotone | Authors . 2011-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423004011/http://www.ecotonejournal.com/index.php/authors/details/van_gundy_doug/ . 2012-04-23 .
  3. Web site: Doug . 2011-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426084313/http://www.earthhome.net/library/exhibits/doug.htm . 2012-04-26 .
  4. Web site: Doug Van Gundy - Poetry. ConnotationPress.com. en-gb. 2020-05-12.
  5. Web site: West Virginia Wesleyan College . 2011-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406031049/http://www.wvwc.edu/academics/gradprograms/MFA/faculty.php . 2012-04-06 .
  6. Web site: TV Producer Michael Davies bet his career on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' 20 years ago and won big. Bill Carter. CNN Business. 16 August 2019. 27 February 2024.
  7. Web site: Cash for questions. The Guardian. 27 February 2024. It has also benefited from some first-week luck. On the fifth day of filming, 33-year-old Doug van Gundy from West Virginia - a professional fiddler, a poet, a man who earns $11,000 (£7,000) a year, who just got married, for godsake - correctly identified Nome as the finishing line for the annual Iditarod dogsled race. This was no minor achievement.
  8. Web site: Returning home, these West Virginians are rewriting the poetry of Appalachia. Elizabeth Flock. 2 May 2017. PBS. 27 February 2024.
  9. Web site: Gundy . Doug Van . 2023-05-01 . When the Rain Came . 2024-04-22 . Guernica . en-US.
  10. News: 2019-05-07 . A fierce desire to stay: looking at West Virginia through its people's eyes . 2024-04-22 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.

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