Lucy Corin
Encyclopedia
Lucy Corin is an American novelist and short story
writer currently teaching English at University of California, Davis
. Her stories have appeared in The Mid-American Review, Conjunctions
, Tin House
, Ploughshares
, PEN America
, and the Iowa Review. She is anthologized in the 1994 Iowa Anthology of Innovative Fiction and both the 1997 and 2003 editions of New Stories From the South
. Her novel, Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls was published in 2004 by FC2
. Her short story collection, The Entire Predicament was published in 2007 by Tin House Books. She teaches at the University of California, Davis
.
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 currently teaching English at University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
. Her stories have appeared in The Mid-American Review, 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....
, Tin House
Tin House
Tin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The Tin House magazine was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance...
, Ploughshares
Ploughshares
Ploughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
, PEN America
PEN America
PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers is a semi-annual literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, conversation, criticism, and memoir. It is published by PEN American Center in New York City...
, and the Iowa Review. She is anthologized in the 1994 Iowa Anthology of Innovative Fiction and both the 1997 and 2003 editions of New Stories From the South
New Stories From the South
New Stories from the South is an annual compilation of short stories published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill and billed as the year's best stories written by Southern writers or about the Southern United States...
. Her novel, Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls was published in 2004 by FC2
FC2
Fiction Collective Two is an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of avant-garde, experimental fiction supported in part by the University of Utah, the University of Alabama, the University of Houston–Victoria, private contributors, arts organizations and foundations, and contest fees.-Mission:FC2...
. Her short story collection, The Entire Predicament was published in 2007 by Tin House Books. She teaches at the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
.
External links
- LucyCorin.com - Official Website and Blog
- The Entire Predicament at Tin House Books
- Excerpt from The Entire Predicament
- http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6491168.htmlPublishers WeeklyPublishers WeeklyPublishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
Review of The Entire Predicament] - Portland Mercury Review of The Entire Predicament
- Lucy Corin's Essay at Largehearted Boy: Book Notes
- Seven Small Apocalypses in PEN America 10: Fear Itself