Thomas M. Disch

Thomas M. Disch

Thomas M. Disch was born in Des Moines, Iowa on February 2nd, 1940 and passed away at the age of 68 on July 4th, 2008.

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Thomas M. Disch Stats: The highest rated book by Thomas M. Disch on Book Notification is Camp Concentration, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of, a Non-Fiction book.

The most read book by Thomas M. Disch on Book Notification is Camp Concentration, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The M.D. (Supernatural Minnesota #2).

Below is a complete list of Thomas M. Disch books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Supernatural Minnesota Books in Publication Order

List of The Brave Little Toaster Books in Publication Order

List of The Prisoner Books in Publication Order

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List of Best Science Fiction of the Year Books in Publication Order

List of Foundations of Fear Anthology Books in Publication Order

List of Poets on Poetry Books in Publication Order

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Four Poets on Poetry (By: Don Cameron Allen)
1959
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Modern Russian Poets on Poetry (By: Carl R. Proffer)
1976
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Open Between Us (By: David Ignatow, Ralph J. Mills)
1980
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Thinking About Morality ) (By: William K. Frankena)
1980
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Talking All Morning (By: Robert Bly)
1980
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Pot Shots at Poetry (By: Robert Francis)
1981
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The Old Poetries and the New (By: Richard Kostelanetz)
1981
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A Company of Poets (By: Louis Simpson)
1981
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1981
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Collected Prose (By: James Wright, Anne Wright)
1983
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Writing Like a Woman (By: Alicia Suskin Ostriker)
1983
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1983
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Platonic Scripts (By: Donald Justice)
1984
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1984
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A Local Habitation: Essays on Poetry ) (By: John Frederick Nims)
1985
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No Evil Star: Selected Essays, Interviews, and Prose (By: Anne Sexton, Steven E. Colburn)
1985
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You Must Revise Your Life (By: William Stafford)
1986
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1986
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1988
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Reviews and Essays, 1936-55 (By: James Reidel, Weldon Kees)
1988
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1988
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Curiosities (By: William Matthews)
1989
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1990
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Wonderful Words, Silent Truth ( By: Charles Simic)
1990
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1990
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Poems Are Hard to Read (By: William Meredith)
1990
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1991
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Suicides and Jazzers (By: Hayden Carruth)
1993
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Words to Create a World (By: Daniel Hoffman)
1993
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The Unemployed Fortune-Teller ( By: Charles Simic)
1995
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Poetry Now - Poets on Poetry (By: Kerrie Pateman)
1995
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Poetry's Old Air (By: Marianne Boruch)
1995
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The Art of Poetry (By: Kenneth Koch)
1996
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The Spiral of Memory (By: Joy Harjo, Laura Coltelli)
1996
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A World That Will Hold All the People (By: Suzanne Gardinier)
1996
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A Commonplace Book (By: Douglas Crase)
1997
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The Glass Anvil (By: Andrew Hudgins)
1997
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Orphan Factory ( By: Charles Simic)
1997
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Five looks at Elizabeth Bishop (By: Anne Stevenson)
1998
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Poetry and Consciousness (By: C.K. Williams)
1998
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An Introduction to Rhyme (By: Peter Dale)
1998
69
Crossing Unmarked Snow: Further Views on the Writer's Vocation (By: William Stafford, Paul Merchant, Vincent Wixon)
1998
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1998
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All the Rage (By: William Logan)
1998
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1998
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1998
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The Poetry of Everyday Life (By: John Hollander)
1998
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Soul Barnacles: Ten More Years with Ray (By: Tess Gallagher, Greg Simon)
1999
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The Route as Briefed (By: James Vincent Tate)
1999
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1999
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1999
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Blue Notes: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries (By: Yusef Komunyakaa, Radiclani Clytus)
2000
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Poetry at One Remove (By: John Koethe)
2000
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The Gazer Within (By: James Marshall, Larry Levis, Andrew Miller, David St John, John Venable)
2001
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The Poetry Blues: Essays and Interviews (By: Stanley Plumly, William Matthews, Sebastian Matthews)
2001
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2002
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A Fly in the Soup: Memoirs (By: Charles Simic)
2003
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The Metaphysician in the Dark (By: Charles Simic)
2003
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2003
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The Answers Are Inside the Mountains: Meditations on the Writing Life (By: William Stafford, Paul Merchant, Vincent Wixon)
2003
97
Fables of Representation (By: Paul Hoover)
2004
98
Selected Prose (By: John Ashbery, Eugene Richie)
2004
99
Poetry and What is Real (By: Richard W. Tillinghast)
2004
100
Memory Piano ( By: Charles Simic)
2006
101
2006
102
The Failure of Poetry, The Promise of Language (By: Laura (Riding) Jackson, John Nolan)
2007
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2007
104
Ed Dorn Live: Lectures, Interviews, and Outtakes (By: Ed Dorn, Joseph Richey, Peter Michelson)
2007
105
2008
106
2008
107
2009
108
2009
109
Poetics of Dislocation (By: Meena Alexander)
2009
110
2010
111
2010
112
A Martian Muse (By: Reginald Shepherd, Robert Philen)
2010
113
2010
114
Orange Alert (By: Mohammed Kazim Ali)
2010
115
Unauthorized Voices (By: Marilyn Hacker)
2010
116
Two Minds of a Western Poet (By: David Mason)
2011
117
2011
118
2011
119
2012
120
2014
121
Yes, There Will Be Singing (By: Marilyn Krysl)
2014
122
2014
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The Necropastoral (By: Joyelle McSweeney)
2014
124
2015
125
2015
126
2015
127
2016
128
2016
129
Condition Red: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries (By: Yusef Komunyakaa, Radiclani Clytus)
2017
130
2017
131
2017
132
2017
133
2018
134
Someone Shot My Book (By: Julie Carr)
2018
135
2018
136
2019
137
2022
138
A Beat Beyond (By: Major Jackson, Amor Kohli)
2022
139
2022
140
To Go Into the Words (By: Norman Finkelstein)
2023
141
Ghosts and the Overplus (By: Christina Pugh)
2024
142
2024
143
How to Draw a Circle (By: Dan Beachy-Quick)
2024
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List of Thomas M. Disch Anthologies in Publication Order

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Thomas M. Disch

Thomas M. Disch was born on February 2nd, 1940. Thomas passed away July 4th, 2008 at 68 years old. Thomas M. Disch was born in Des Moines, Iowa.

Thomas M. Disch was the author of the Thomas M. Disch Collections series which consists of 21 novels. The Thomas M. Disch Collections series started in 1966 with the novel One Hundred And Two H Bombs. The most recently released novel in the Thomas M. Disch Collections series was The Wall of America which was released in 2008. There are no upcoming novels for the Thomas M. Disch Collections series.

Thomas M. Disch: Awards & Accolades

Disch's books have won multiple awards, Second Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1990. The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of won the Hugo Award, Best Related Work, in 1999.

Thomas M. Disch books have also been nominated for multiple awards, On Wings of Song was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1980 as well as the National Book Awards - Best Science Fiction - Hardcover in 1980. The M.D. was nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel, in 1991. The Heat Death of the Universe and Other Stories was nominated for the Otherwise Award, Retrospective Award, in 1995. Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection was nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2003.

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Thomas M. Disch: F.A.Q

When was Thomas M. Disch Born?

Thomas M. Disch was born on February 2nd, 1940.

When did Thomas M. Disch die?

Thomas M. Disch died on July 4th, 2008 at 68 years old.

Where was Thomas M. Disch Born?

Thomas M. Disch was born in Des Moines, Iowa.

What book awards has Thomas M. Disch won?

Second Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1990).
The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: Hugo Award Best Related Work (1999).

What was the first book Thomas M. Disch wrote?

The first book written by Thomas M. Disch was The Genocides, published in 1965.

What was the most recent book Thomas M. Disch wrote?

His most recently released work was The Demi-Urge (a short story) on May 1st, 2011.

How many books has Thomas M. Disch written?

Thomas M. Disch has written 45 books across 11 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 4 books in the Supernatural Minnesota Series
  • 2 books in The Brave Little Toaster Series
  • 1 book in The Prisoner Series
  • 9 Standalone Novels
  • 4 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 21 Collections
  • 3 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Poets on Poetry Series

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