Peter LaSalle

Peter LaSalle is an American short story writer and novelist.

Life

He graduated from Harvard University in 1969, and the University of Chicago with an M.A. in 1972. His work has appeared in magazines and journals such as Agni, Antioch Review, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Tin House, Virginia Quarterly Review, Yale Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, and others. His books include the novels Mariposa's Song and Strange Sunlight, and the short story collections Tell Borges If You See Him , Hockey Sur Glace, and The Graves of Famous Writers.

He teaches at the University of Texas at Austin.

Awards

• 2007 Flannery O'Connor Award for Tell Borges If You See Him

Works

• Mariposa's Song, a novel. 2012. ISBN 978-0-89672-743-4. 
• Tell Borges If You See Him: Tales of Contemporary Somnambulism. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8203-2998-7. 
• Hockey Sur Glace: Stories. 1996. ISBN 978-1-55821-505-4. 
• Strange Sunlight, a novel. 1984. ISBN 978-0-932012-87-6. 
• The Graves of Famous Writers, and Other Stories. 1980. ISBN 978-0-8262-0287-1. 

Anthologies

• James Thomas, D. Seth Horton, ed. (2011). The Best of the West 2011: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. University of Texas Press. 
• Bill Buford, Jason Wilson, ed. (2010). The Best American Travel Writing 2010. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 
• Gorge Pelecanos, Otto Penzler, ed. (2008). The Best American Mystery Stories 2008. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 
• Peter Stine, Doug Hagley, ed. (2008). The Best of Witness 1987-2004. Michigan State University Press. 
• Jeff VanderMeer, Anne Vandermeer, ed. (2007). The Best American Fantasy 2007. Prime Books. 
• Don Graham, ed. (2007). Literary Austin. Texas Christian University Press. 
• Judith Taylor, Nickole Brown, ed. (2003). Airfare: Stories, Poems, and Essays on Flight. Sarabande Books. 
• Paul D. Staudohar, ed. (2003). More Sports Best Short Stories. Chicago Review Press. 
• Don Graham, ed. (2003). Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande. W. W. Norton & Company. 
• Paul D. Staudohar, ed. (2003). Sports Best Short Stories. Chicago Review Press. 
• Kirby Gann, Kristin Herbert, ed. (2001). A Fine Excess: Contemporary Literature at Play. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1-889330-51-8. 
• Bruce Emra, ed. (2001). Sports in Literature. Chicago: National Textbook Company. 
• Peter Stine, ed. (1995). Sports in America. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2557-5. 
• Jay Jennings, ed. (1995). Tennis and the Meaning of Life: A Literary Anthology of the Game. Breakaway Books. ISBN 978-1-55821-378-4. 
• Alexander Blackburn, Kenneth Pellow, ed. (1993). Higher Elevations: A Writers Forum Anthology. Swallow/Ohio University Press. 
• William Abrahams, ed. (1991). Prize Stories 1991: The O. Henry Awards. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-41513-2. 
• James Thomas, Denise Thomas, ed. (1991). The Best of the West 4: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-30793-1. 
• George P. Garrett, Sheila McMillen, ed. (1990). Eric Clapton's Lover and Other Stories from the Virginia Quarterly Review. University of Virginia Press. 
• Don Graham, ed. (1986). South by Southwest: 24 Stories from Modern Texas. University of Texas Press. 
• Joyce Carol Oates, Shannon Ravenel, ed. (1979). The Best American Short Stories 1979. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 

External links

• "An Interview with Peter LaSalle", Bookslut, March 2008