Patrick Hicks Writings
An inventory of his papers in the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University
Summary |
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| Creator: | Hicks, Patrick |
| Title: | Patrick Hicks Writings |
| Dates: | 2009 |
| Size: | 2 folders |
| Abstract: | Two writing pieces by Patrick Hicks inspired by the events following the bombing and crash of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/pan-am-103 |
Biography
Patrick Hicks is a writer-in-residence at Augustana College and currently lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Hicks has published multiple poetry chapter books including Traveling Through History (2005), Draglines (2006), The Kiss That Saved My Life (2007), This London (2008), and the paperback collection The Gossamer. He is a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee and has been the recipient of several writing grants. Hicks was also a Visiting Fellow at Oxford. He has just completed his first novel, which is about Auschwitz.
Scope and Content Note
The Patrick Hicks Writings consist of two pieces written by Hicks. One is his short story "57 Gatwick," which was published in Glimmer Train issue 72. The other is an article he wrote for The Writer titled "A Tragedy Transformed: How a Writer Turned the Pan Am 103 Disaster into an Award-Winning Short Story".
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Written permission must be obtained from the Pan Am Flight 103 Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
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Patrick Hicks Writings,
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Patrick Hicks in 2009.
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Created by: Cara A. Howe
Date: 2011
Revision history: Feb 2018 - Stylistic changes (VSOM);
Oct 2021 - Stylistic changes (EMB)