Ruth Crocker Explained

Ruth W Crocker
Birth Name:	Ruth Harriet Whipple^[1]
Birth Place:	Mystic, Connecticut, United States
Occupation:	Writer, author
Nationality:	American
Genre:	Non-fiction
Notableworks:	Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War
Children:	Noah Bean

Ruth Whipple Crocker (born December 10, 1946) is an American writer and author of the memoir Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War, which began as a Pushcart Prize-nominated essay in O-Dark-Thirty.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Crocker was born in 1946 in Mystic, Connecticut. After attending Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, she met and married West Point officer David R. Crocker, Jr.^[4] When her husband died during the Vietnam War, Crocker went back to school and received a B.S. from the University of Connecticut; an MA in education from Tufts University; and a PhD in nutrition and human development from the University of Connecticut.^[5] She received her MFA in creative writing from Bennington College in 2011.^[6] Her nonfiction essay "Sam's Way" in The Gettysburg Review was listed as a notable essay of 2012 in Best American Essays 2013.^[7]

Crocker was a member of the National Board and National Newsletter Editor of the Gold Star Wives of America.^[8] She resides in Mystic, Connecticut, and has one son, Noah Bean.^[9]

External links

• Ruth Crocker was a guest alongside authors Lev Grossman and Brian Slattery on WNPR’s "Why We’ll Always Need New Books.”
• "Writing on Water: Why we need war stories"
• Ruth Crocker’s event at the ongoing Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, MA
• "Discover Local Authors focuses on Vietnam War"
• An interview with Ruth Crocker on WTNH-TV's "CT Style."
• "The Buzz: Crocker wins award from Military Writers Society of America"
• "Authors Annette Grunseth and Ruth Crocker talk of their Vietnam book Combat and Campus on VBC Happy Hour"
• "Nurses ‘leave us feeling loved’"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estella Whipple Obituary (2008) the Day. Legacy.com.
2. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ruth-w-crocker/those-who-remain "THOSE WHO REMAIN by Ruth W. Crocker."
3. http://veteranswriting.org/2013/12/21/pushcart-nominations/ "Pushcart Nominations."
4. Souza, Michael. "Remembrance and Reunion After War." Mystic River Press. November 5, 2014. Accessed March 10, 2015.
5. http://lyndonstate.edu/about/veterans-summit/speakers/ "Veterans Summit: Speakers."
6. Dorsey, Kristina. "Ruth Crocker pens a post-Vietnam War memoir." The Day. November 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2015
7. Strayed, Cheryl, Ed. The Best American Essays 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Pg. 304.
8. http://www.goldstarwives.org/?page=Chapter_Reg_Liason "GSW Chapter Region Liaison Director – Gold Star Wives of America."
9. Dorsey, Kristina. "Ruth Crocker pens a post-Vietnam War memoir." The Day. November 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2015