Daniel Uncapher
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Daniel Uncapher is the author of American Pomology (CutBank Books, 2025). He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Utah and an MFA from Notre Dame, where he was a Nicholas Sparks Fellow. His work has been supported by Bread Loaf, Tin House, the Kenyon Review, and the NYS Summer Writers Institute.
He can be found at Susquehanna University, where he teaches creative nonfiction.
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Selected Work
MQR Mixtape
"The Night Cruise," poem
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Meridian
"Jamie the Rover," story
2026 Meridian Editor's Prize
Michigan Quarterly Review
"Smouldering Fagots," essay
The Southampton Review
"A Letter To My Dog," story
The Kenyon Review
"A Temporary Home for Lost Cats," essay
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Cream City Review
"Problematic Characters," essay
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Ninth Letter
"Promiscuous Young Men," essay
2024 Ninth Letter Award for Creative Nonfiction · Read →
The Georgia Review
"The Art of Training Dogs," essay
West Branch
"People Stuff," essay
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Black Warrior Review
"Faint Illuminations of the Unknowable," essay
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Chicago Review
"A Girl Named Montgomery," story
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Cleveland Review of Books
"Play Acts: or, How I (Literally) Survived a Zombie Apocalypse," article
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The Cincinnati Review
"Curious and Entertaining Facts About Whales," essay
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The Notre Dame Review
"Wittgenstein's Butterknife," story
The Yalobusha Review
"Inauspicious Beginnings," essay
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Denver Quarterly (F I V E S)
"NO_FUTURE," poem
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The Sun
"100 Dollars," essay
Pushcart Prize Special Mention · Read →
Storm Cellar
"Logic Puzzles," story
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Tin House Online
"The Edifice," story
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The Penn Review
"Hard Candy," story
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North American Review (Open Spaces)
"Collecting Hubert Creekmore," essay
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The Baltimore Review
"Five Handy Men," essay
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