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Originally from Vermont, I now live in North Carolina. My work can be found in recent issues of REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters, The Jabberwock Review, The Emerson Review, Storyglossia, The MacGuffin, Confrontation, Passages North, SmokeLong Quarterly, elimae, wigleaf, and Pank, among others, and forthcoming from Gargoyle #57 and REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters. One of my stories has been translated into Farsi by Asadollah Amraee, and many others by Jalil Jafari, two of which have been published in the Iranian journal, Golestaneh Magazine. For two years I worked as an assistant editor for Narrative Magazine. Currently, I serve as a mentor for Dzanc's Creative Writing Sessions. I'm working on two novels and a short story collection. In May, I was awarded the Carol Houck Smith Contributor Scholarship for the 2011 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.

Monday, January 10, 2005

Celebrate

Congratulations to Laila Lalami for her recent two-book deal with Algonquin, one of which is her collection of short stories, "The Things That Death Will Buy." I have read several of these stories and I can tell you they are BRILLIANT!

3 comments:

Myfanwy Collins said...

It is such great news, eh? I love good news! Especially good writing news which is so few and far between.

Katie said...

SUPER DUPER congratulations to Laila. She and her wonderful writing really deserve this.

Mary Akers said...

Yes, wonderful news! And may we all join her ranks, soon. Or, at least in my case, as soon as the writing is good enough. :)