Conversations with Andre Dubus

Chronology

xix Chronology 1936 Born on 11 August to Andre Jules (16 November 1904) and Katherine (Burke) Dubus (2 January 1903) in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Welcomed by two older sisters, Kathryn Claire (3 November 1930) and Elizabeth Nell (26 October 1933). 1944 Enters the Christian Brothers School, Lafayette, Louisiana. 1954 Graduates from the Christian Brothers High School. 1958 Earns B.A in English and journalism from McNeese State College, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Marries Patricia Lowe, 22 February. Commissioned as lieutenant in U.S. Marine Corps. Birth of daughter Catherine Suzanne Dubus, 16 August. 1959 Birth of son Andre Jules Dubus, III, 11 September. 1960 Birth of son John Ethan Burke Dubus (Jeb), 29 November. 1963 Birth of daughter Nicole Mignon Dubus, 3 February. Death of Andre Sr. Publishes “The Intruder” in Sewanee Review. Resigns commission from U.S. Marine Corps as captain. 1964 Enters M.F.A. program in fiction, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 1965 Completes M.F.A., University of Iowa. Accepts lecturer position in English, Nicholls State College, Thibodaux, Louisiana. 1966 Accepts teaching position with the English Department at Bradford College, Bradford, Massachusetts. 1967 Publishes The Lieutenant with Dial Press. 1970 Divorces Patricia Lowe Dubus. Publishes “If They Knew Yvonne,” selected for Best American Short Stories, 1970. 1975 Publishes Separate Flights. Receives Boston Globe Laurence L. Winship Award. Marries Tommie Gale Cotter in June. 1976 “Cadence” selected for Best American Short Stories, 1976. Receives Guggenheim Fellowship. 1977 Publishes Adultery and Other Choices. Receives a Guggenheim Fellowship . xx chronology 1978 Receives National Endowment for the Arts grant. Divorced from Tommie Gale Cotter in June. “The Fat Girl” selected for annual Pushcart anthology. 1979 “The Pitcher” selected for Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. Marries Peggy Rambach, 16 December. 1980 Death of Catherine (Burke) Dubus Watkins, age seventy-eight. “The Winter Father” selected for Best American Short Stories, 1981. Publishes Finding a Girl in America: A Novella and Seven Short Stories. 1982 Birth of daughter Cadence Yvonne Rambach Dubus, 11 June. 1983 Publishes The Times Are Never So Bad: A Novella and Eight Short Stories. 1984 Retires from Bradford College. Publishes Voices from the Moon. Publishes We Don’t Live Here Anymore: The Novellas of Andre Dubus . 1985 Receives National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship. Publishes limited edition of Land Where My Fathers Died. 1986 23 July, on his way home from Boston’s Combat Zone where he was conducting research for a story, struck by car driven by Nancy Anthony of Woburn, Massachusetts, on Route 93 in Wilmington, Massachusetts, after stopping to assist an accident victim. Lost his left leg above the knee with extensive surgeries on the right leg to follow. Did not regain ability to walk. Reprints The Lieutenant as paperback with Green Street Press. Receives Guggenheim Fellowship . Publishes The Last Worthless Evening: Four Novellas and Two Short Stories. 1987 Birth of daughter Madeleine Elise Rambach Dubus, 10 January. Wife Peggy Rambach moves out of the couple’s Haverhill home with daughters Cadence (six) and Madeline (two) in October. Publishes Blessings. 1988 Suffers a mild heart attack, 30 October. Receives the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Publishes Selected Stories. Publishes an edited collection of stories, Into the Silence. 1991 Receives the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. 1992 Publishes Broken Vessels, runner up for Pulitzer Prize. 1996 Winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story. Publishes Dancing After Hours with Alfred A. Knopf. 1998 Publishes Meditations from a Moveable Chair. chronology xxi 1999 24 February, dies of heart failure at home in Haverhill. Buried 13 April 1999, Fenway Park’s Opening Day. Sons Andre III and Jeb dig the grave. The Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-0. 2001 Todd Field adapts “Killings” into the film In the Bedroom, nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Posthumously publishes In the Bedroom, a selection of previously published stories , including “Killings.” 2004 Screenwriter Larry Gross adapts “We Don’t Live Here Anymore” and “Adultery” into the film We Don’t Live Here Anymore. This page intentionally left blank Conversations with Andre Dubus This page intentionally left blank ...