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David Stuart MacLean

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David Stuart MacLean is an American writer. He is the author of The Answer to the Riddle Is Me, a memoir of his mefloquine-induced delirium and amnesia.[1][2][3][4]

MacLean has a Ph.D. in Literature/Creative Writing from The University of Houston, an M.F.A. from New Mexico State University and he was a Fulbright scholar in India. He won a PEN/America Center award in 2011 as the Best Emerging Writer in Non-Fiction.[5] His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times,[6] The Guardian,[7] Ploughshares,[8] Bennington Review,[9] Guernica,[10] and the radio program This American Life.[11] MacLean is a visiting faculty member of the creative writing program at the University of Chicago.[12] He has been a guest on Duncan Trussell's podcast, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour.[13] In 2021, he published the novel How I Learned to Hate in Ohio with The Overlook Press.

He lives in Chicago.

References

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  1. ^ "Amnesia makes David Stuart MacLean a 'Riddle' he must solve". Los Angeles Times. January 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  2. ^ "'The Answer to the Riddle Is Me' by David Stuart MacLean". The Washington Post. January 23, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  3. ^ "The Answer To The Riddle Is Me". This American Life. January 22, 2010. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  4. ^ David Takami (February 21, 2014). "David Stuart MacLean's terrifying memoir of amnesia". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  5. ^ "PEN Emerging Writers Award for Non-fiction | PEN America". pen.org. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  6. ^ Maclean, David Stuart (2013-08-07). "Crazy Pills". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  7. ^ MacLean, David Stuart (2014-07-12). "Pregnant with anxiety". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  8. ^ "David Stuart MacLean | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  9. ^ "MacLean". Bennington Review. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  10. ^ Magazine, Guernica (2007-09-14). "How to Rent a Hotel Room". Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  11. ^ "Contents Unknown | This American Life". This American Life. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  12. ^ "Visiting Faculty | Creative Writing". creativewriting.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  13. ^ "The Duncan Trussell Family Hour: Episode 102, David MacLean". duncantrussell.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-05-20.