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Breece Pancake, Author, Papers

Collection

Collection Number: A&M 3306

Scope and Contents

There are seven series in this collection:

Series 1. Breece Pancake Correspondence, 1966-1979 and undated
Series 2. Helen Pancake Correspondence, 1952-1994 and undated (bulk 1979-1994)
Series 3. Writings and Related Materials, 1963-1993 and undated (bulk 1975-1978 and undated)
Series 4. Biographical and Genealogical Materials, 1925-1993 and undated (bulk 1968-1993)
Series 5. Subject Files, 1971-1992 and undated
Series 6. Addenda, 1978-1979 and 1999-2000
Series 7. Oversize

Series 1. Breece Pancake Correspondence, 1966-1979 and undated, contains approximately two hundred fifty letters chiefly written by Breece Pancake to his parents between 1966 and his death in April 1979. There are also several letters between Breece and his sisters, Donnetta and Charlotte; friends Matthew Heard and Mike Jennings; and Phoebe-Lou Adams at The Atlantic Monthly. Letters chiefly record Breece's work on his short stories and his daily activities at colle

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Breece D'J Pancake

American short story writer

Breece D'J Pancake
Born	(1952-06-29)June 29, 1952 Milton, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	April 8, 1979(1979-04-08) (aged 26) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Short story writer
Alma mater	Marshall University University of Virginia

Breece Dexter John Pancake (June 29, 1952 – April 8, 1979) was an American short story writer. He is said to be "one of the greatest authors you've never heard of" according to an article on his work in Study Breaks.^[1] Pancake was a native of West Virginia. Several of his short stories were published in The Atlantic Monthly and other periodicals during his lifetime.

Pancake died of suicide on Palm Sunday, 1979, at the age of 26.^[2] His motives for suicide are still somewhat unclear but some speculate the death of his father, from alcohol abuse, and of a close friend from a gruesome car accident may have had an influence on his decision to end his own life.^[1]

Biography

Early life and education (1952–1974)

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I found it, appropriately enough, underground. I was browsing the secondhand bookstore in the basement of my local public library, a dimly lit, low-ceilinged warren where I sometimes feel the need for a miner’s helmet. I ran my hands across the ridged spines of the not-quite-alphabetical paperback fiction—Percy, Proulx, Patterson, all the familiar names—until I came across one that was less familiar: Pancake. “The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake.” It was the Owl edition, first published in 1984, with the drab photograph of the tin-roofed Appalachian shacks on the front. Behind the shacks rose misty green mountains, and above those peaks floated a blurb from Joyce Carol Oates comparing the author’s début to Hemingway’s. I’d been hearing about Pancake for years, mostly from other writers. It was a connoisseur’s recommendation, like being given the name of delicious but hard-to-find bourbon from a friend in the liquor trade. You have to try it. I paid my fifty cents, climbed back out into the daylight world, and started reading. On a price-per-word basis, it may be the best money I’ve