Deb Olin Unferth 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

McSweeney's

McSweeney's is an American publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers.Apart from its book list, McSweeney's is responsible for four regular publications: the quarterly literary journal,...

, and the memoir, Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War, published by Henry Holt.

Her work has appeared in Harper's

Harper's Magazine

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, McSweeney's

McSweeney's

McSweeney's is an American publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers.Apart from its book list, McSweeney's is responsible for four regular publications: the quarterly literary journal,...

, The Believer

The Believer (magazine)

The Believer is a United States literary magazine that also covers other arts and general culture. Founded and designed in 2003 by the writer and publisher Dave Eggers, it is edited by Vendela Vida, Heidi Julavits and Ed Park...

, The Boston Review, Esquire

Esquire (magazine)

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, and other magazines. She is a frequent contributor to Noon. In 2009 she received a Creative Capital Grant from the Warhol Foundation and was also the recipient of the Cabell First Novelist Award for Vacation.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/08/debi-olin-unferth-takes-first-novelist-award.html She also has received two Pushcart Prize

Pushcart Prize

The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....

s and was chosen by Harper's Baazar as an "Editors' Choice: Names to Know in 2011". Unferth teaches creative writing at Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

. She has been a vegan since 2008.http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/seriously-funny-an-interview-with-deb-olin-unferth.

Non-Fiction

• Memoir Manifesto
• Where I Write
• Unferth reads from her memoir Revolution on the InDigest
  InDigest
  InDigest is a literary journal founded in 2007 by editors and David Doody. It is an online quarterly literary magazine, as well as a reading series, podcast, and publishing house located in New York City and Minneapolis, MN.-The Magazine:...
  
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Short Fiction

• Avenue Journal
• La Pena
• Minor Robberies

Interviews

• Interview on The Rumpus
• Interview on HTMLGIANT
• Interview on Bookslut with Tao Lin
  Tao Lin
  Tao Lin is an American writer. He was born of Taiwanese parents and grew up on the East Coast of the USA.He is the author of two novels, Eeeee Eee Eeee and Richard Yates ; a novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel ; a short story collection, Bed ; and two poetry collections, you are a little...
  
  
• 2011 radio interview (50 minutes) at The Bat Segundo Show
  The Bat Segundo Show
  The Bat Segundo Show is a podcast based in New York run by writer and literary critic Edward Champion.The program features comprehensive interviews with prominent figures in arts and culture, with a special focus on literature. Past guests have included David Mitchell, David Lynch, Amy Sedaris,...