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Amina Cain

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Amina Cain
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksIndelicacy

Amina Cain is an American writer, best known for her 2020 novel Indelicacy.

Writing

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Cain began writing in her last year as an undergraduate.[1] Cain lived in Chicago during the mid-2000s and later moved to Los Angeles,[2] where she continues to live as of 2020.[3]

Writers who have influenced Cain's work include Lydia Davis.[2] Other writers Cain has expressed an "affinity toward" include Marguerite Duras, Renee Gladman, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, and Kate Zambreno.[2][4]

Honors

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Indelicacy was shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize[5][6] and for the 2021 Folio Prize.[7][8]

Bibliography

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Novels

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Short story collections

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  • I Go to Some Hollow (2009)
  • Creature (2013)

Nonfiction

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  • A Horse at Night: On Writing (2022)

References

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  1. ^ Wallach, Lauren (18 June 2014). "I write to see what is inside my mind: An Interview with Amina Cain". HTML Giant. HTML Giant. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Messinger, Jonathan (15 November 2013). "Six Questions for Amina Cain". Chicago Magazine. Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ^ Samatar, Sofia (12 March 2020). "The Space of Writing: A Conversation with Amina Cain". Music & Literature. Music & Literature. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. ^ "In the Process of Becoming: The Millions Interviews Amina Cain". The Millions. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  5. ^ Saka, Rasheeda (1 October 2020). "Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize". Literary Hub. Literary Hub. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Indelicacy". Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. ^ Flood, Alison (2021-02-11). "Monique Roffey leads strong showing for indies on Rathbones Folio shortlist". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  8. ^ "Folio Prize 2021 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2021-02-11. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-02-11.