“All my life, I have been struck again and again with the fact that poets seem to know things that we others don’t and that what they give us, if we can receive it, is a truth that relieves the depth of our natural aloneness.”
For WE - Women for Expo's Novel of the World, a brief essay on the theme of feeding and nourishment, "Poetry is my Food."
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.
Providence Noir, edited by the wonderful Ann Hood, is out today and includes my story, “Once, At Trinity Rep.”
The Best Short Fiction of the Year
Delighted that my story "Snowblind" has won an O. Henry Prize for short fiction!
It will be included in the O Henry Prize anthology, out in September. Read more about it and see the other winners at Literary Hub.
“Fiction is there to let us know we’re not alone. Whatever we’ve thought and felt has probably been thought and felt before.”
As part of their ongoing series Literary Arts: The Archive Project, Oregon Public Broadcasting will be airing a talk of mine tonight, originally given in January 2011 at the Portland Arts & Lectures series in Portland, Oregon. It will also be posted to their website for future listening.
The Archive Project - Jan. 7, 2015
OPB | Jan. 07, 2015 9 p.m.
Episode 10 of Literary Arts: The Archive Project features author Elizabeth Strout. In her lecture “Why I think fiction matters,” Strout explores how reading magnifies our understanding of the human experience.
Enjoy! And thank you, OBP and Portland Arts & Lectures.
Honored! Thank you, IMPAC Dublin.
“142 books have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.”
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