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Leigh Newman

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Leigh Newman
Newman at the 2022 Texas Book Festival
Newman at the 2022 Texas Book Festival
Born (1971-05-15) May 15, 1971 (age 53)
Anchorage, Alaska
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Period2003–present
GenreCreative nonfiction
Short stories
Notable works"Nobody Gets Out Alive" (2022). Still Points North (2013)
Notable awardsLong-Listed for the National Book Award for Fiction.

Long-listed for the Story Prize. Paris Review Terry Southern Prize (2020) Best American Short Stories (2020) Pushcart Prize (2020)

American Society of Magazine Editors, Fiction Prize for work in the Paris Review (2020)
Website
www.leigh-newman.com

Leigh Newman (born May 15, 1971)[1] is an American writer. Her story collection about Alaskan women Nobody Gets Out Alive was long-listed for the National Book Award[2] and the Story Prize.[3] Her memoir , Still Points North,[4] was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard First Book Prize.[5]

Personal life

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Newman grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and Baltimore, Maryland, traveling between the homes of her two parents. Her childhood and remote wilderness experiences were the basis of her memoir Still Points North (Dial Press, 2013). She received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1993 and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2006.

Career

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After working primarily in nonfiction, with articles and essays in The New York Times,[6] Vogue, Oprah.com,[7] O, The Oprah Magazine[8] and Bookforum,[9] she turned to fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Harper’s,[10] The Paris Review,[11] One Story,[12] Tin House,[13] and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern[14] among other magazines. In 2020, her work was recognized in the Best American Short Stories,[15] the Pushcart Prize,[16] The American Society of Magazine Editor's fiction prize[17] for work in the Paris Review, as well awarded the Terry Southern Prize for “humor, wit, and sprezzatura" at the Paris Review.[18]

Newman has received fiction fellowships from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Corporation of Yaddo.[19] In 2014, she was a Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellow.[20]

Bibliography

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Story Collection:

Memoir

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Collections

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  • Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories (2022, Simon and Schuster)
  • The Collected Traveler book series (2009, Crown)
  • My Parents Were Awesome (2011, Villard)
  • One Ring Zero’s The Recipe Project (2011, Black Balloon) - co-editor

References

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  1. ^ Aspen Matis, "Still Points North: An Interview with Leigh Newman," Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine The Open Bar, Tin House Blog, April 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Leigh Newman". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Newman, Leigh (April 12, 2022). Nobody Gets Out Alive. ISBN 978-1-9821-8030-0.
  4. ^ "Still Points North by Leigh Newman: 9780679603559 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "Leigh Newman". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Newman, Leigh (March 13, 2009). "A Family That Takes 'No' for an Answer (Updated With Podcast)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "Love, Friendship and the 50-Cent Cheese Stick". Oprah.com. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Smith, Zadie. "NW". Oprah.com. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  9. ^ "Bookforum.com". www.bookforum.com. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  10. ^ Newman, Leigh (July 15, 2020). "[Story] Nobody Gets Out Alive, By Leigh Newman". Harper's Magazine. Vol. August 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  11. ^ Newman, Leigh (2019). "Howl Palace". The Paris Review. Interviews. Vol. Fall 2019, no. 230. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  12. ^ Batkie, Sara. "Introducing 2013 Debutante: Leigh Newman | One Story Blog". Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  13. ^ "Summer Reading". Tin House. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Subscription". The McSweeney’s Store. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  15. ^ Read The Best American Short Stories 2020 Online by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Books.
  16. ^ @PushcartPrize (March 30, 2021). "The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Leigh Newman for the story "Howl Place" (Paris Review) featured in PPXLV, (2021 edition) now at your independent bookstore, library or W.W. Norton Co" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "The Paris Review Wins the 2020 National Magazine Award for Fiction". The Paris Review. February 11, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  18. ^ "Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists". The Paris Review. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  19. ^ "2007 Summer Residency Fellows," Archived February 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine The Edward F. Albee Foundation, 2007.
  20. ^ "Authors, novelists, and poets to gather at Bread Loaf Writers' Conference." Middlebury College, 2014.
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