Field, Edward, 1924-

Field, Edward. Counting Myself Lucky: Selected Poems 1963–1992. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. Meanor, Patrick, ed. American Short Story Writers Since World War II. 130. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.

American author Alfred Chester was born in Brooklyn on September 7, 1928, to immigrant parents. At age seven he lost nearly all the hair on his body to a childhood disease. The event colored his life perceptibly, as mocking peers caused him to withdraw from society and he become more introspective. His mental anguish can also be seen in many of his works, in which characters often feel themselves to be outsiders in one way or another.

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