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| name = Douglas Texter
| birthdate = {{Birth date and age|1967|12|06|mf=y}}
| birthplace = [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| occupation = Short Story Writer, Essayist,
| nationality = [[United States]] ([[Italian-American]])([[German-American]])
| genre = Science Fiction, Satire
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'''Douglas Texter''' (born [[December 6]], [[1967]]) is an American [[author]] of short fiction, satire, and essays.
==Biography==
Douglas Texter was born Douglas Walter Texter, on [[December 6]], [[1967]] in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]]. After attending [[Cathedral Preparatory School]], Texter graduated from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in English in 1992. During college, Texter fundraised for groups such as the PIRGs, Citizen Action, and Greenpeace USA. Texter then worked as a production editor at [[W.B. Saunders Company]] in [[Philadelphia]]. In 1997, Texter earned his [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] in English from [[Villanova University]]. Then Texter attended the [[Radcliffe Publishing Course]] in [[Cambridge]], MA. and worked as a [[college]] [[textbook]] [[Editing|editor]] at [[Houghton Mifflin]] in [[Boston]], MA. He has also attended the Science Fiction Foundation Master Class at the University of Liverpool.
 
==Writing==
Texter began writing fiction, satire and essays in 2000. After his first short story was accepted for publication in [[The Urban Bizarre]] (edited by [[Nick Mamatas]]), Texter attended the [[Clarion]] Science Fiction Writers Workshop in 2003, the Viable Paradise Writers Workhop in 2005, and the [[Robert McKee]] [[Story]] Seminar 2007. In 2006, Texter won second place in the second quarter of the [[Writers of the Future]] Contest.
 
===Themes===
Much of Texter’s work deals with [[social]], [[political]], and [[economic]] themes. Influenced by Kim Stanley Robinson, Harry Turtledove, Octavia Butler, and George Orwell, Texter focuses in his fiction on the alternate histories of small but important events such as the Homestead Strike in Pennsylvania and the trial of Sophie Scholl in Germany. Influenced by Foucualt and the Frankfurt School Marxists, Texter's essays and reviews deal with dystopian fiction, alternate history, and institutions such as the university, the school, and non-violent civil disobedience.
 
 
==Publications==
===Essays===
* "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Dystopia: The Culture Industry’s Neutralization of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Running Man]]"'', ''[[Utopian Studies]]'' 18 ([[2007]]): 43-72.
* "Institutional Crisis: Scholar and State in [[Hermann Hesse]]'s ''[[The Glass Bead Game]]'' and [[Walter Miller]]'s ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]]''." ''[[Extrapolation]]'' 49 ([[2008]]): 122-141.
* "Of Gifted Children and Gated Communities: [[Paul Theroux]]'s ''[[O-Zone]]'' and [[Octavia Butler]]'s ''[[Parable of the Sower]].''" ''[[Utopian Studies]]'' 18 ([[2008]]): 57-85.
* "All the World a School: Education as a Metaphor for Oppression in ''[[Brave New World]]'' and ''[[1984]]''." ''[[Foundation]]'' 103 ([[2008]]): 73-95.
* "How to Make $100,000 as an Adjunct English Instructor." '[[Chronicle of Higher Education]]' ([[2009]])
* "The Limits of Non-violent Direct Action in Harry Turtledove's 'The Last Article.'" ''[New York Review of Science Fiction].'' Forthcoming, Summer 2009.
 
===Reviews & Short Essays===
* "The End of Homework", ''[[ForeWord Magazine]]'', ([[2000]]).
* "[[Randall Jarrell]]’s ‘The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,'" ''Companion to Twentieth Century American Poetry''. [[New York: Facts on File]], ([[2005]]) 121.
* "Of Utopia, More or Less, Review of [[Russell Jacoby]]’s ''Picture Imperfect'', ''[[H-Net Utopia]]'', ([[2007]])
* "[[Gregory Corso]]." ''The Encyclopedia of New York School Poets.'' [[New York: Facts on File]], ([[2007]])
* "[[Jackson Mac Low]]." ''The Encyclopedia of New York School Poets.'' [[New York: Facts on File]] ([[2007]])
* "[[Gerard Malanga]]." ''The Encyclopedia of New York School Poets.'' [[New York: Facts on File]] ([[2007]])
* "Utopia as Literature, Review of [[Peter Firchow]]'s ''Modern Utopian Fictions.''" ''[[H-Net Utopia]]''. ([[2008]])
* "Review of Dunja Mohr's ''Duality and Transgression in Female Dystopias.'' ''[[Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts]]'' 2008.
 
===Fiction===
* "A Dangerous Day." ''[[The Urban Bizarre]].'' Ed. [[Nick Mamatas]]. Canton, OH: [[Prime Books]] ([[2003]]): 102-113.
* "Tragedy at the Ford and Taylor Saloon." ''[[AlienSkin Magazine]]'' ([[2003]])
* "Works and Faith." ''[[The Swamp]]'' ([[2003]])
* "Bowl of Cherries." ''[[AlienSkin Magazine]]'' ([[2004]])
* "Hostile Takeover." ''[[The Swamp]]'' ([[2004]])
* "Be Your Own Man." ''[[AlienSkin Magazine]]'' ([[2006]])
* "Is that All You Do?" ''[[Fictitious Force]]'' 4 ([[2007]]): 43-44
* "Primetime." ''[[Writers of the Future]] Anthology, XXIII. Los Angeles: Galaxy P, ([[2007]]): 5-45
 
===Satire===
* "Jim Jones’s Last To-Do List", ''[[Amityville House of Pancakes]]'', ([[2002]]).
* "The Legend of Vlad the Caresser",''[[Amityville House of Pancakes]]'', ([[2003]]).
* "UN Clergy Inspections", ''[[The Door Magazine]]'', 16 ([[2003]])
* "Saving Private Ryan’s Credit Rating", ''[[Amityville House of Pancakes]]'', ([[2003]]).
* ''You're Not Very Important: Twelve Steps Away from Self-Esteem and Toward a Better World.'' Vancouver, BC, ''[[Creative Guy Publishing]]'' ([[2005]])
 
===Forthcoming==
 
 
 
===Awards and honors===
* Douglas L. Ruble Science Fiction Scholarship, [[Clarion]] Science Fiction Writers' Workshop, ([[2003]])
* Quarter-Finalist, [[Writers of the Future]] Contest, Second Quarter ([[2004]])
* Nomination for Annual "[[Million Writers" Award]], ([[2005]])
* Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, [[University of Minnesota]], ([[2006]]-[[2007]])
* Second Place Winner, [[Writers of the Future]] Contest, Second Quarter ([[2006]])
* "Notable Essay" designation for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Dystopia," Utopian Studies Bibliography, 2007.
* Recommended for Nebula Award ([[2008]])
 
==External links==
* [https://www.douglastexter.com Author Website]
* [https://www.creativeguypublishing.com Creative Guy Publishing]
* [https://www.writersofthefuture.com Writers of the Future]
* [https://www.alienskinmag.com Alienskin Magazine]
* [https://www.forewordmagazine.com/reviews/viewreviews.aspx?reviewID=1926 Online version The End of Homework]
* [https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=73121177959055 Online Version Of Utopia More or Less]
 
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[[Category:Villanova University alumni]]
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