Carlos Dews (born September 26, 1963) is an American writer and university professor. He is the chair of the Department of English Language and Literature at

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in Rome, Italy. He co-writes a paranormal thriller series with

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under the pseudonym Sam Cabot.

Life and career

Carlos Lee Barney Dews was born September 26, 1963, in

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, the son of Carl and Lois Dews."Biography - Dews, Carlos L. (1963-)" ''Contemporary Authors'' (Biography), Thomson Gale, January 1, 2004. He grew up there on a farm where his father bred and sold fighting cocks throughout east Texas and western Louisiana. He graduated from the

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with a B.A. (with honors) in Humanities, and was conferred M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Literature by the

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. He was

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and promoted to associate professor at the University of West Florida in 1999. A Carson McCullers scholar, Dews served from 2001 to 2003 as the founding director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians at Columbus State University in McCullers’s hometown of Columbus, Georgia. After ten years of university teaching, in 2006 Dews returned to graduate school at the

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in New York. Following completion of an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing in 2008, he relocated to Rome, Italy, where he is an associate professor and chair of the Department of English Language and Literature at John Cabot University, director of the Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation, and director of Italy Reads in Rome. He was promoted to full professor at John Cabot University in 2014. When a friend introduced him to the work of Carson McCullers, Dews discovered an affinity for her writing. This led to his doctoral dissertation on her unfinished autobiography. Five years later, after working for ten years to get permission to publish the work, he edited ''Illumination and Night Glare'', the book based on her dictated notes for that autobiography. He added a detailed introduction and chronology, letters from World War II between McCullers and her husband to supplement the text's disjointed account, and included her outline from ''

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''—initially called "The Mute". About ''Illumination,'' a review said, "Thanks to the diligent work of Carlos Dews...we are given another opportunity to look at the exceptional fiction writer (McCullers)...Dews bestows a great gift by including ''The Mute'' in his edition..." He was interviewed for ''

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'' in April 2004, discussing Carson McCullers's book ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'', for which

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lists Dews as an expert. His co-writing thrillers with S. J. Rozan started by telling friends he had an idea for a novel and asking if they knew someone who might be able to collaborate with him. Dews is on the faculty of Art Workshop International in Assisi, Italy, where he teaches creative writing. He is a member of the Authors Guild, International Thriller Writers, American Literature Association, and the Carson McCullers Society (past president).

Bibliography

Dews's published work includes:

Fiction

Books (as Sam Cabot)

*''Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets'', Penguin/Blue Rider, 2013. *''Skin of the Wolf: A Novel'', Penguin/Blue Rider, 2014. Sam Cabot books are co-written with

Short stories

*"Pueraria lobata", ''Rebel Yell 2'', ed. Jay Quinn, Harrington Park Press, 2002, pp. 237–250. *"Recoleta" ''Scrivener Creative Review No. 32'', Spring 2007, pp. 21–29. *"The Other Borges: A Fiction", ''Conjunctions'', April 4, 2007.

Non-fiction

Books

*''This Fine Place So Far from Home: Voices of Academics from the Working Class'', eds. Dews & Carolyn Leste Law,

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, 1995. *''Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullers'', ed. Dews,

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, 1999.

· ''Iluminación y fulgor nocturno : autobiografia inacabada'', trans. Ana María Moix & Ana Becciú, Seix Barral, 2001.
· ''Illuminations et nuits blanches : autobiographie inachevée'', trans. Jacques Tournier, 10/18, 2001.
· ''Die Autobiographie. Illumination and night glare (von Carson McCullers)'', trans. Brigitte Walitzek, Schöffling, 2002.
· ''Ozareniye i nochnaya likhoradka : neokonchennaya avtobiografiya Karson Makkallers'', trans. Mayya Tugusheva, KRUK-Prestizh, 2005. *''The Complete Novels of Carson McCullers'', ed. Dews,

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, 2001.

Chapters

* "Carson McCullers" ''American National Biography'', eds. John A. Garraty & Mark C. Carnes,

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, 1999, v. 14, pp. 944–946. / 24 v. set * "McCullers, Carson" ''Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies'', ed. Timothy F. Murphy,

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, 2000, pp. 381–383. * "Carson McCullers" ''The New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion to Georgia Literature'', eds. Hugh Ruppersburg & John C. Inscoe,

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, 2007, pp. 298–303. * "Carson McCullers (1917-1967): 'The Brutal Humiliation of Human Dignity' in the South" ''Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times–Volume 2'', eds. Ann Short Chirhart & Kathleen Ann Clark, University of Georgia Press, 2014, pp. 281–298.

Article

* "Illumination & Night Glare: Excerpts from an Unfinished Autobiography by Carson McCullers" (cover story) ''

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'', 1998, no. 20, pp. 32–45. * "The Great Eaters of Georgia" (a previously unpublished essay) by Carson McCullers (eds. Dews & James Mayo) ''Oxford American'', Spring 2005, no. 49, pp. 80–85.

Dissertation

* ''Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullers'', C. L. Barney Dews (Carlos Lee Barney), Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994, 2 v., 485 leaves.

References

External links

Official Carlos Dews website

(accessed May 8, 2014) * Art Workshop International
Writing from Life: Fiction and Memoir
(accessed May 8, 2014)
Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians
(accessed May 8, 2014)
Carson McCullers Society
(accessed May 8, 2014) *

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The Carlos L. Dews (Carson McCullers reference) Collection
(accessed May 8, 2014) * Conjunctions

(accessed June 2, 2014) * John Cabot University (accessed May 8, 2014):
Department of English Language & Literature

Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation
;
Italy Reads
* U of MN Library Catalog
Illumination and night glare : The unfinished autobiography of Carson McCullers
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