Research/Teaching Interests: Fiction Writing
Forthcoming Publication: Sweet Hearts,
a novel, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, January 2001 Recent Publications:
First, Body,
stories, Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1997). Reprinted in paperback by Owl Books, Henry Holt & Company (1998). Published in translation by Rowohlt in Germany (1999). Iona Moon,
a novel, New York: Poseidon/Simon & Schuster (1993). Published by Viking books in London (1993); reprinted by Plume in New York (1994) and Penguin Books in London (1994). Published in translation by Seuil in France (1998); Rowohlt in Germany (1999); and Feltrinelli in Italy (1999).
Girls in the Grass, stories, New York: Random House (1991). Reprinted by Faber & Faber in Boston (1992), Penguin Books in London (1991), and Henry Holt & Company in New York (1998). Meteors in August,
a novel, New York: Random House (1990). Published by Viking Books in London (1991); reprinted by Faber & Faber in Boston (1992), and Penguin Books in London (1992). Published in translation by Otava in Helsinki, Finland (1990); and Rowohlt in Germany (1999).
"Catechism," excerpt from Sweet Hearts,Bomb, fall 2000: 87-89. "The Long Way Home," excerpt from Sweet Hearts, Ontario Review,
fall/winter 2000-2001: 111-121. "In My Father's House" and "Ghost Brother," excerpts from Sweet Hearts, Five Points, summer 2000: 35-37 and 38-45.
"Little White Sister," story, reprinted in Breaking Into Print: Early Stories and Insights into Getting Published, edited by DeWitt Henry (Boston: Beacon, 2000) 145-162.
"The Bear Who Could Not Sleep," story, Story, winter 2000: 64-65. "Letter to a Young Fiction Writer" (essay). Included in Letters to a Fiction Writer.
Ed. Frederick Busch, New York: Norton, (1999): 226-230. Awards/Recognitions:
Five Point's Paul Bowles Prize for Fiction, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Guest Artist, California State University, Fresno, California, July 2000.
Writer in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, August 2000.
Distinguished Visiting Writer, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, September 2000. |
