Dawn Raffel is an American short story

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 writer and novelist. Her work has
appeared in The Quarterly, NOON

Noon (magazine)

NOON is a literary annual founded in 2000 by American author Diane Williams. The 10th Anniversary Edition launched March 2009.NOON publishes fiction and occasional essays. A full table of contents, including back issues, is available on the NOON website...

, edited by Diane Williams, O, The Oprah Magazine

O, The Oprah Magazine

O: The Oprah Magazine, sometimes simply abbreviated to O, is a monthly magazine founded by Oprah Winfrey and Hearst Corporation.-Overview:...

, Conjunctions

Conjunctions

Conjunctions, is a biannual American literary journal based at Bard College. It was founded in 1981 and is currently edited by Bradford Morrow....

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City, Fence, Guernica, The Antioch Review, The Mississippi Review, The
Brooklyn Rail, The Anchor Book of New American Short Fiction, Micro
Fictions and numerous other publications.

Works

• In the Year of Long Division (1995), a collection published by Alfred A. Knopf
  Alfred A. Knopf
  Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is a New York publishing house, founded by Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. in 1915. It was acquired by Random House in 1960 and is now part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group at Random House. The publishing house is known for its borzoi trademark , which was designed by co-founder...
  
  . One of the last books edited there by Gordon Lish
  Gordon Lish
  Gordon Jay Lish is an American writer. As a literary editor, he championed many American authors, particularly Raymond Carver, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, and Richard Ford.-Early life and family:...
  
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• Carrying the Body (2002), a novel published by Scribner.
• Further Adventures in the Restless Universe (2010), a collection published by Dzanc Books.

Film

• The Myth of Drowning, a film by Steven Richter, based on the short story of the same name

External links

• Official web site
• Guest fiction editor in Guernica magazine
• "The Myth of Drowning," a short story in Guernica magazine

Sources

• Oprah Magazine April 2000-February 2007
• More Magazine March 2007-December/January 2009
• In the year of long division
• carrying the body
• further adventures in the restless universe(forthcoming)
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