Robert Lowell Coover (conceived February 4, 1932) is an American author, short story essayist, and T.B. Stowell Professor Emeritus in Literary Arts at Brown University. He is for the most part considered an essayist of fabulation and metafiction.
Novels :
The Origin of the Brunists (1966)
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. (1968)
The Public Burning (1977)
Gerald's Party (1986)
Pinocchio in Venice (1991)
John's Wife (1996)
Phantom Town (1998)
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre: Director's Cut (2002)
Noir (2010)
The Brunist Day of Wrath (2014)
Huck Out West (2017)
Short stories, novellas, plays, and collections[edit]
Pricksongs and Descants (1969) (gathering)
"The Babysitter," motivation for The Babysitter (1969) (short story)
A Theological Position (1972) (plays)
A Political Fable (1980) (novella)
Initially distributed as a short story "The Cat in the Hat for President" in New American Review, 1968.
Punishing the Maid (1982) (novella)
In Bed One Night and Other Brief Encounters (1983) (gathering)
Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears (1987) (novella)
A Night at the Movies or, You Must Remember This (1987) (themed collection)
Dr. Chen's Amazing Adventure (1991) (novella)
Briar Rose (1996) (novella)
The Grand Hotels (of Joseph Cornell) (2002) (novella)
Stepmother (2004) (novella)
A Child Again (2005) (gathering)
Going for a Beer (February 2018)[12] (gathering)
"The Case of the Severed Hand". Harper's Magazine. 317 (1898): 74– 80. July 2008.
Republished in Noir.
"White-bread Jesus". Harper's Magazine. 317 (1903): 79– 88. December 2008.
Republished in The Brunist Day of Wrath, Chapter I.2
"An Encounter". Fortnightly Review. October 2010.
"The Old Man". Fortnightly Review. February 2011.
"Going for a brew". The New Yorker. Walk 14, 2011.
"Matinée". The New Yorker. July 25, 2011.
"The Colonel's Daughter". The New Yorker. September 2, 2013.
"The Frog Prince". The New Yorker. January 27, 2014.
"The Waitress". The New Yorker. May 19, 2014.
"The Crabapple Tree". The New Yorker. January 12, 2015.
"The Hanging of the Schoolmarm". The New Yorker. November 28, 2016.
Non-fiction :
"The End of Books". The New York Times. June 21, 1992. (paper)
Novels :
The Origin of the Brunists (1966)
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. (1968)
The Public Burning (1977)
Gerald's Party (1986)
Pinocchio in Venice (1991)
John's Wife (1996)
Phantom Town (1998)
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre: Director's Cut (2002)
Noir (2010)
The Brunist Day of Wrath (2014)
Huck Out West (2017)
Short stories, novellas, plays, and collections[edit]
Pricksongs and Descants (1969) (gathering)
"The Babysitter," motivation for The Babysitter (1969) (short story)
A Theological Position (1972) (plays)
A Political Fable (1980) (novella)
Initially distributed as a short story "The Cat in the Hat for President" in New American Review, 1968.
Punishing the Maid (1982) (novella)
In Bed One Night and Other Brief Encounters (1983) (gathering)
Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears (1987) (novella)
A Night at the Movies or, You Must Remember This (1987) (themed collection)
Dr. Chen's Amazing Adventure (1991) (novella)
Briar Rose (1996) (novella)
The Grand Hotels (of Joseph Cornell) (2002) (novella)
Stepmother (2004) (novella)
A Child Again (2005) (gathering)
Going for a Beer (February 2018)[12] (gathering)
"The Case of the Severed Hand". Harper's Magazine. 317 (1898): 74– 80. July 2008.
Republished in Noir.
"White-bread Jesus". Harper's Magazine. 317 (1903): 79– 88. December 2008.
Republished in The Brunist Day of Wrath, Chapter I.2
"An Encounter". Fortnightly Review. October 2010.
"The Old Man". Fortnightly Review. February 2011.
"Going for a brew". The New Yorker. Walk 14, 2011.
"Matinée". The New Yorker. July 25, 2011.
"The Colonel's Daughter". The New Yorker. September 2, 2013.
"The Frog Prince". The New Yorker. January 27, 2014.
"The Waitress". The New Yorker. May 19, 2014.
"The Crabapple Tree". The New Yorker. January 12, 2015.
"The Hanging of the Schoolmarm". The New Yorker. November 28, 2016.
Non-fiction :
"The End of Books". The New York Times. June 21, 1992. (paper)
