Deb Olin Unferth
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Deb Olin Unferth is an American short-story writer, novelist, and memoirist. She is the author of the collection of stories Minor Robberies, the novel Vacation, both published by McSweeney's, and the memoir, Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War, published by Henry Holt. Unferth was a finalist for a 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir, Revolution.[1][2]
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[edit] Career
Her work has appeared in Harper's, McSweeney's, The Believer, The Boston Review, Esquire, and other magazines. She is a frequent contributor to Noon. She also has received two Pushcart Prizes and was chosen by Harper's Baazar as an "Editors' Choice: Names to Know in 2011".[3] Unferth teaches creative writing at Wesleyan University.[4] She has been a vegan since 2008.[1].
[edit] Awards
- National Book Critics Award finalist for Revolution, 2012[5]
- Pushcart Prize, 2011
- Creative Capital Grant for Innovative Literature, 2009[6]
- Cabell First Novelist Award for Vacation, 2009[7]
- Pushcart Prize, 2005
[edit] Online Texts
[edit] Non-Fiction
[edit] Short Fiction
[edit] Interviews
- Interview on The Rumpus
- Interview on HTMLGIANT
- Interview on Bookslut with Tao Lin
- 2011 radio interview (50 minutes) at The Bat Segundo Show
[edit] References
- ^ Press Release, National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalist for Publishing Year 2011. By Barbara Hoffert. 21 Jan. 2012. Retrieved 27 Jan. 2012
- ^ 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Nominees Announced, Huffingtonpost. By Hillel Italie. 22 Jan. 2012. Retrieved 25 Jan 2012.
- ^ http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/feature-articles/names-to-know-2011#slide-4
- ^ http://www.wesleyan.edu/templates/dept/engl/skeleton_faculty.htt?function=f1&department=ENGL&faculty=dunferth
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/22/national-book-critics-circle-awards-_n_1221954.html
- ^ http://creative-capital.org/projects/view/308
- ^ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/08/debi-olin-unferth-takes-first-novelist-award.html
