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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.
About Laura. Laura Kalpakian was nominated for the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for American Cookery. She won a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award (twice), the Anahid Award for an American writer of Armenian descent, the PEN West Award, and the Stand International Short Fiction Competition.
Laura Anne Kalpakian (born June 28, 1945) is an American author. She has also published under the pen names Juliet Fitzgerald and Carenna Jane Greye. She is known for her work in the memoir genre.
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 largely consists of novels and short story ...
Jan 19, 2024 · A Son Of This House: Sean Meyer 1982—2024. But as a boy, through elementary, middle and into high school Sean Meyer was so often present here with us that, like the other sons of this house, Bear and Brendan McCreary, his laughter and his gifts melded into ours. He is present in photos of Christmas and New Years and Thanksgivings, the Elvis ...
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Jun 2, 2022 · Laura Kalpakian. Secretary. Laura Kalpakianis the author of seventeen works of fiction (novels, novellas and story collections) published in the US, the UK, and abroad. Her nonfiction, Memory Into Memoir: a Writer’s Handbook (2021) is the fruit of twenty years teaching career.
Oct 1, 2021 · Memory Into Memoir: a Handbook for Writers (University of New Mexico Press) guides writers toward wrestling the unruly past to the page. The Unruly Past, published by Paint Creek Press tackles Kalpakian’s own unruly past and the divergent cultures within her family.
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