Deb Olin Unferth

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Unferth at the National Book Critics Circle Awards in March 2012, where her book Revolution was an autobiography finalist.

Deb Olin Unferth (born 1969) 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]

Career

Her work has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times, "The Paris Review",[3] "Granta", [4] 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".[5] Unferth is an associate professor in creative writing at The University of Texas at Austin,[6] where she teaches in the Michener Center[7] and the New Writers Project.[8]

Books

  • Revolution (memoir), 2011
  • Vacation (novel), 2008
  • Minor Robberies (short stories), 2007

Awards

  • Pushcart Prize for "Likeable," 2014[9]
  • National Book Critics Award finalist for Revolution, 2012[10]
  • Pushcart Prize, 2011
  • Creative Capital Grant for Innovative Literature, 2009[11]
  • Cabell First Novelist Award for Vacation, 2009[12]
  • Pushcart Prize, 2005

Online Texts

Non-Fiction

Short Fiction

Interviews

References

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  1. ↑ Press Release, National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalist for Publishing Year 2011. By Barbara Hoffert. 21 Jan. 2012. Retrieved 27 Jan. 2012
  2. ↑ 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Nominees Announced, Huffingtonpost. By Hillel Italie. 22 Jan. 2012. Retrieved 25 Jan 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/6378/voltaire-night-deb-olin-unferth
  4. ↑ http://granta.com/contributor/deb-olin-unferth/
  5. ↑ http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/feature-articles/names-to-know-2011#slide-4
  6. ↑ http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/english/faculty/du879
  7. ↑ http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mcw/faculty/resident-faculty/deb-olin-unferth/
  8. ↑ https://newwritersproject.org/faculty/
  9. ↑ http://www.pushcartprize.com/news.html
  10. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/22/national-book-critics-circle-awards-_n_1221954.html
  11. ↑ http://creative-capital.org/projects/view/308
  12. ↑ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/08/debi-olin-unferth-takes-first-novelist-award.html
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