Robert Coover, 92, died on October 5 in Warwick, England. Coover was one of the pioneers of post-modern American fiction. His first book, The Origin of the Brunists, was published in 1966. His many other books include the short story collection Pricksongs and Descants, the novel The Public Burning, and his most recent novel Open House, published in 2023. A longtime teacher at Brown University, his students included Rick Moody, Joanna Scott, Jim Shepard, Sam Lipsyte, Ben Marcus, and Alexandra Kleeman.
