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Paul Lisicky [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York US
Email: 
paullisicky100@gmail.com
Bio: 

I'm the author of The Narrow Door, Unbuilt Projects, The Burning House, Famous Builder, and Lawnboy. My work has appeared in The Atlantic, Conjunctions, Fence, The New York Times, Ploughshares, Tin House, and elsewhere. I'm an associate professor in the MFA Program at Rutgers University-Camden, where I'm the editor of StoryQuarterly. I live in Brooklyn. A new memoir, Later: My Life at the Edge of the World, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in March 2020.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
Paul_Lisicky@Twitter.com
Born in: 
Cherry Hill, NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
Cherry Hill, NJ
New Jersey
RSS feed: 
https://paullisicky.net [2]
Website: 
https://paullisicky.net [2]
Prizes won: 

Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Fellowships, James Michener/Copernicus Society Fellowship, Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award, Finalist Randy Shilts Award, Finalist Lambda Literary Award, Finalist Stonewall Book Award, Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award

Literary Agent: 
Matt McGowan
Education: 
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Writers Retreats: 
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
MacDowell
Yaddo
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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