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Laura Kalpakian. Laura Anne Kalpakian (born June 28, 1945) is an American author. She has also published under the pen names Juliet Fitzgerald [1] and Carenna Jane Greye. She is known for her work in the memoir genre.
About. Laura Kalpakian is the author of sixteen novels and four collections of short fiction published in the US and the UK. Recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and nominated for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, her work has garnered acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her short stories ...
Jun 2, 2022 · The New York Times described Graced Land as a “charming, wonderful book.” The pages ripple with humor and energy because even the writing was joyous and rewarding. Elvis’s music pulsated through the speakers while I pounded on the typewriter. I reveled in creating the first-person voice of Cilla Jackson, a sassy, snotty know-it-all thirteen year old girl. I re-arranged the mental ...
FAIR AUGUSTO AND OTHER STORIES, Laura Kalpakian’s first collection of short fiction shows remarkable breadth and depth. The settings, moods, themes and characters who inhabit these stories display enviable artistic range.
University of New Mexico Press, 2021 $19.95. Review by Whitney (Walters) Jacobson. When reading Laura Kalpakian’s short bio on the back of her newest book, Memory into Memoir: A Writer’s Handbook (University of New Mexico Press, 2021), I was a bit skeptical about the quality of advice within the guide given Kalpakian’s writing résumé ...
Jan 19, 2024 · Laura Kalpakian is the author of The Great Pretenders (3.73 avg rating, 625 ratings, 124 reviews, published 2019), The Memoir Club (3.38 avg rating, 365 ...
Jan 28, 1990 · In these four collections of stories, Laura Kalpakian, Stephanie Vaughn, Mary Bush and Janet Kauffman demonstrate just how much women writing short fiction today have broadened their territory.
