Dinty W. Moore
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Dinty W. Moore (August 11, 1955-) is an American essayist, and author of both fiction and non fiction books, including his most widely known, The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Sitting Still (Algonquin Books). Moore's essays and stories have appeared in The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Arts & Letters, Gettysburg Review, Utne Reader, and Crazyhorse. Moore edits Brevity, an online journal of creative nonfiction and is on the editorial board of Creative Nonfiction magazine. His name derives from a comic strip character in Bringing Up Father. He is currently a Professor of English at Penn State Altoona.
[edit] Publications
- The Accidental Buddhist (ISBN 0-385-49267-7)
- The Emperor's Virtual Clothes (ISBN 1-56512-096-5)
- The Truth of the Matter: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction (ISBN 0-321-27761-9)
- Toothpick Men (short story collection) (ISBN 0-9666028-0-3)
- Between Panic and Desire forthcoming University of Nebraska Press, 2008
