B.A., Yale University; M.F.A., Mills College. Author: Lola, California (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador, 2011/2012); Crawl Space (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador, 2005/2006; Bard Fiction Prize; shortlisted for Alex, Koret, and Rosenberg awards; selected as Editors’ Pick, New York Times, and Best Book of 2006 by Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, elsewhere); The Far Field: A Novel of Ceylon (Houghton Mifflin, 2001; received Kafka Award for Best Novel by an American Woman and Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2001 citation). Recipient, Lannan Fellowship, Bard Fiction Prize, Howard Book Award nomination, and other citations; residencies at MacDowell, Cummington, Fundacíon Valparaiso, Vermont Studio Center; judge for Yaddo. Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and criticism have appeared in Writing the World: On Globalization (MIT Press), Writing on Air (MIT Press), Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises from Today’s Best Teachers and Writers (Penguin), and in Artweek, Zyzzyva, Village Voice, Conjunctions, The American Voice, Ms., and other publications. Former director, MFA in Writing Program, New College of California, San Francisco; also taught at New School for Social Research, New York City. At Bard since 2006.

Interests:

Research Interests: Cuba; boxing; dystopia; the West; apocalypse; graphic novel; immigrant and diasporic writing, postcolonialism, issues of exile; international poetry/issues of translation

Teaching Interests: Creative writing; literature; graphic novel; poetic forms; ethnographic fiction

Other Interests: Dance: African, modern, international; Israel/Palestine issues; India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia; Buddhism; West African music; contemporary art practice: painting/sculpture

Highlights:

2013 — Appearance
Moderating panel on the antiheroine for Berkshire Festival of Women Writers; Association of Writers and Writing Programs panelist on innovation.

2013 — Publication
Work published in the Chicago Tribune, Zyzzyva, Conjunctions

2012 — Chairship
Organized Cuba conference at Bard.

2011 — Award
Howard Fellowship

2009 — Publication
Guest-editing the Manhattan-based Fifth Wednesday Review
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2008-09-05 — Publication
Third novel, LIGHT THE SKY, to come out with Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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2008-09-01 — Award
Lannan Fellowship in Fiction Writing
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Contact:

Phone: 845-752-6822
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