salon.com

Richard Powers (1)

This page covers the author of The Overstory.

For other authors named Richard Powers, see the disambiguation page.

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Rating	Favorited	Events
16,801 (22,388)	897	1,312	(3.91)	85
Richard Powers was born on June 18, 1957 in Evanston, Illinois. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After graduation, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts and worked as a computer programmer and freelance data processor. One day he saw August Sander's 1914 black-and-white photograph of three Westerwald farm boys heading to a dance at the Museum of Fine Arts. This photograph inspired Powers to quit his job and try writing a novel. Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance was published in 1985. His other works include Prisoner's Dilemma, The Gold Bug Variations, Operation Wandering Soul, Galatea 2.2, Plowing the Dark, The Time of Our Singing, and Generosity: An Enhancement. He received numerous awards including the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction for Gain, the National Book Award for The Echo Maker, and Pulitzer Prize in fiction for The Overstory: A Novel. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Overstory… (more)

organize | filter

Works by Richard Powers

The Overstory 4,865 copies, 224 reviews

The Echo Maker 2,546 copies, 109 reviews

The Time of Our Singing 1,330 copies, 34 reviews

Bewilderment 1,326 copies, 66 reviews

Galatea 2.2 1,293 copies, 28 reviews

The Gold Bug Variations 1,208 copies, 16 reviews

Orfeo 873 copies, 48 reviews

Generosity: An Enhancement 656 copies, 31 reviews

Plowing the Dark 654 copies, 8 reviews

Gain 611 copies, 16 reviews

Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance 600 copies, 6 reviews

Operation Wandering Soul 433 copies, 3 reviews

Prisoner's Dilemma 369 copies, 3 reviews

Genie 13 copies, 2 reviews

Conjunctions: 40, 40x40 8 copies

Das Buch Ich # 9: Eine Reportage 6 copies

Ways of Hearing: Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces (Contributor) 6 copies

Modulation (in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2009 - PITLOR) 2 copies

A Brief Take on Genetic Screening (in Read Hard - PARK) 1 copy

Richard Powers and Forrest Gander book talk on The Overstory 1 copy

organize | filter

Also by Richard Powers

The Orphan Master's Son (Afterword, some editions) 3,809 copies, 278 reviews

The Future Dictionary of America (Contributor) 622 copies, 3 reviews

The Best American Short Stories 2009 (Contributor) 352 copies, 10 reviews

The Best American Short Stories 2011 (Contributor) 336 copies, 7 reviews

Granta 90: Country Life (Contributor) 159 copies

Granta 108: Chicago (Contributor) 131 copies, 1 review

Read Hard: Five Years of Great Writing from the Believer (Contributor) 78 copies, 3 reviews

Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a… (Contributor) 45 copies

The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (Contributor) 16 copies

The Paris Review 167 2003 Fall (Contributor) 12 copies

Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest… (Contributor) 12 copies

Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan, Volume 03 (Contributor) 10 copies, 1 review

Black Clock 21 (Contributor) 4 copies

Black Clock 3 (Contributor) 1 copy

Members

Top members (books)

ddodd (60), e-zReader (50), bookie53 (22), D.Prisson (19), AsYouKnow_Bob (17), mrcornie (16), angstrat (16), WestBranch (16), nkmunn (15), immerito (15), narbgr01 (15), Chamblyman (15), derekwalker (15), KelMunger (15) — more

Recently added

jeremucneely (2), petrbilek (1), jayprenta (1), booccmaster (1), JFB87 (1), ashwinbaskaran (1), Johanne (2), Sweetjosafine (1), JohnWyatt (3), Ekster_Alven (1)

Legacy Libraries

David Foster Wallace (3), Leslie Scalapino (2)

Member favorites

Members: Cartoom, Charon07, GerrysBookshelf, noid.ch, RobL, jesswillko, RegNilas, southallc, EllsieFind, JFBallenger, dew_enfolded, DCloyceSmith, private member, Philosopha, MelvinUdall, Himalmitra, Bert.Dekimpe, jobiwan6, javiermarias, charon79 (show 65 more), funkendub, jddunn, half_double, billnr, LHH, penworthy, Byronm, euphorb, ktmenick, brewbooks, rspennington, andystardust, doncornell, rawkus, DrLatisha, jlhartmann, MyaKevin, browner56, JulB, LizzieD, ianwissman, uhibb-l-kutub, wrmjr66, vers, kullfarr, LeoraTheSane, JohnHoward, fredbacon, wanack, thornster, robkill, gwendolyndawson, dds1981, hollyrock, hashiru, NickCate, private member, niemandsrose, metamariposa, SpencerCK, numinizer, private member, lalawe, bobmcconnaughey, Medellia, Ragle, paddlebook, shekay, fabricamundi, coreymesler, CyrilAussems, cshalizi, StanShebs, plexippa, Topper, airpocket, DavidLouisEdelman, ddodd, Illiniguy71, enkyklios, judithz, mindspillage, kcshankd, languagehat, SilentInAWay

Related tags

20th century (88) 21st century (123) American (220) American fiction (78) American literature (310) anthology (103) book club (62) climate change (66) contemporary (96) contemporary fiction (107) ebook (107) ecology (75) environment (140) family (67) fiction (2,890) first edition (89) historical fiction (116) humor (89) Kindle (117) literary fiction (135) literature (274) music (171) nature (135) Nebraska (68) North Korea (324) novel (580) own (88) politics (88) Pulitzer (104) Pulitzer Prize (136) read (218) Richard Powers (122) Roman (93) science (90) science fiction (211) short stories (149) to-read (1,509) trees (203) unread (157) USA (145)

history

Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical name