David Rabe, author of the short story collection Listening for Ghosts (Delphinium, 2022), won First Place in Narrative’s 2019 Spring Story Contest. His numerous celebrated plays include work based on his experiences serving in Vietnam: Sticks and Bones, winner of the 1972 Tony Award, and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, which won the Obie and New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Among his numerous screenplays are I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can, Casualties of War, and Hurlyburly. His novels include Dinosaurs on the Roof and Girl by the Road at Night. Rabe lives in Northwest Connecticut.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Holy Men, a novel excerpt, in Fall 2022
- Roommates, a short story, in Spring 2020
- Grief, a short story, in Fall 2019
- Just Before War, a novel excerpt, in Stories of the Week: 2009–2010