Research Interests
African-American Literature, Contemporary American Literature, Fiction
Education
MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Awards and Honors
LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2021)
Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow, the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the New York Public Library (2021-22)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, English
External Links
Highlighted Publications
Wright, D. (2022). Black Cloud Rising: A Novel. Grove Atlantic.
Wright, D., & Bouchard, L. (2016). Away Running. Orca Book Publishers.
Wright, D. (2020). "The Sand Banks, 1861". The New Yorker.
Recent Publications
Wright, D. (2022). Black Cloud Rising: A Novel. Grove Atlantic.
Wright, D. (2020). "The Sand Banks, 1861". The New Yorker.
Wright, D., & Bouchard, L. (2016). Away Running. Orca Book Publishers.
Wright, D. (2014). Writing Race in America. Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Writing-Race-in-America/145111
Wright, D. (2013). Invisible Boys. American Book Review, 34(5), 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2013.0090