Frank Soos Explained

Frank Soos
Birth Date:	1950
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Short story writer
Alma Mater:	University of Alaska
Workplaces:	University of Alaska

Frank Soos (1950 – August 18, 2021) was an American short story writer.^[1]

Life

Soos grew up in Pocahontas, Virginia.^[2] He graduated from Davidson College in 1972 and the University of Arkansas.^[3] He taught at University of Alaska Fairbanks.^[4]

His work appeared in North Dakota Quarterly and Quarterly West.^[5]

Soos died in a bicycle accident in Maine on August 18, 2021.^[6]

Awards

• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
• Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
• Alaska State Writer Laureate

Works

• Unpleasantries. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. 2016 (essays.) .
• Book: Double Moon. Frank Soos . Margo Klass . . Red Hen Press. 2009. 978-1-59709-141-1 .
• Book: Bamboo Fly Rod Suite: Reflections on Fishing and the Geography of Grace. Frank Soos. Illustrator Kesler Woodward. University of Georgia Press. 2006. 978-0-8203-2835-5 .
• Book: Unified Field Theory. W. W. Norton & Company. 2000. 978-0-393-31988-0 .
• Book: Early yet: seven short stories and a novella. St. Andrews College Press. 1998. 978-1-879934-52-8. registration.
• Book: The other side of Christiansburg. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. 1981 .

Anthologies

• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=l_OTL6iT0YkC&q=Frank+soos&pg=PA39. Hauling Water. Living blue in the red states. David Starkey. University of Nebraska Press. 2007. 978-0-8032-6008-5 .
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=EE5ARI8vATYC&q=Frank+soos&pg=PP7. Upside Down with Borges and bob. Alaska Passages: 20 Voices from Above the 54th Parallel. Susan Fox Rogers. Sasquatch Books. 2002. 978-1-57061-046-2 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Capps. Kris. Frank Soos, former UAF professor and writer laureate, dies. 2021-08-24. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. en.
2. Book: Fishing the Northwest. 978-0-87071-481-8. 21 September 2015. Love. Glen A.. 2000.
3. Book: The Companion to Southern Literature. 978-0-8071-2692-9. 21 September 2015. Flora. Joseph M.. MacKethan. Lucinda Hardwick. November 2001.
4. Web site: The North Dakota Quarterly. google.com. 1991. 21 September 2015.
   - http://www.fsaf.org/classes2009/writing.html
5. Roland Barker and His Red Guitar. Quarterly West. 1982. 14. 6. 21 September 2015.
6. News: Former Alaska Writer Laureate Frank Soos dies in bicycle accident in Maine. August 25, 2021. Anchorage Daily News. August 24, 2021.