He wrote the Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Southern Literature published by the Louisiana State University Press in 1969.
Winners are selected by the Association of College English Teachers of Alabama, and include:[6] 2018 Dr. David Cowart,[7] 2017 Kirk Curnutt, 2016 Frye Gaillard,[8] 2015 Eric Sterling, 2014 Wayne Flynt, 2013 Sue Brannan Walker, 2012 William A. Ulmer, 2011 David Sauer, 2010 Ralph Voss, 2009 John H. Hafner, 2008 Norman MacMillan, 2007 Elaine W. Hughes, 2006 Nancy Grisham Anderson, 2005 Robert Halli (Dr. Bob Halli), 2004 Benjamin Buford Williams, 2003 J. William Hutchings, 2002 Trudier Harris, 2001 Bert Hitchcock, 2000 Don Noble, 1999 Philip Beidler, and 1998 Claudia Durst Johnson.
[9] Other books include Realism and romanticism in fiction : an approach to the novel, published in 1962, and the joint publication, What is the Short Story?
Eugene Current-Garcia, Hargis Professor Emeritus of American Literature at Auburn University, first entered the pages of Alabama Heritage Magazine in spring 1987, when he published "Mr.
"The foremost writer we have in modem fiction is William Faulkner, who drew a great deal from Southwestern humor."
First published in 1952 by Scott, Foresman & Company, American Short Stories was co-edited with fellow Auburn professor Bert Hitchcock.