Novels & Short Stories
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Awards
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THE RED HEN PRESS FICTION AWARD 2022
“Centering on a Vietnamese intelligence officer’s years-long ordeal in communist reformation camps, The Afterlife of a Threadbare Jester offers a heartrending and an illuminating look at the Vietnam War and its aftermath. War, literature, religion, politics, loyalty—they are all expertly interrogated through the protagonist’s compelling voice and the memorable cast of characters he encounters. Despite the struggle and suffering, the story never veers into the sentimental or cynical. Instead it returns, again and again, to the complexities of the human heart and its will to endure. A moving, unforgettable, and enlightening must-read.”—Award Citation
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THE GIVAL PRESS NOVEL AWARD 2022
“Her: The Flame Tree is a beautiful novel, rich with evocations of natural setting in coastal Vietnam; remembered action going back more than a hundred years; and characters both extraordinary and poignantly ordinary, developed by layer upon layer of stories.”—Award Citation -
THE INAUGURAL EASTOVER PRIZE FOR FICTION
“. . . memorable start to finish and full of elegant and beautifully rendered stories. . . . perfectly crafted sentences which, over the course of each story, create a tonal affect not unlike listening to a prized album for the first time.”—EastOver Press -
THE JAMES KNUDSEN PRIZE FOR FICTION
“. . . Astonishing facility with the language. . . . This was so expertly done. One of those stories that evokes both admiration and a little envy.”—Award Citation -
THE SAND HILLS PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION -
ROBERT WATSON LITERARY PRIZE IN FICTION
“The vote was unanimous: We want this exceptional story in The Greensboro Review.”— James Clark, Editor Emeritus -
THE ORISON ANTHOLOGY AWARD FOR FICTION -
C & R PRESS FICTION PRIZE
“A decided favorite among readers and the unanimous choice. We could go on but A Mother’s Tale is poignant, illustrates a tremendous understanding of voice, and, while casting a sharp eye on the tragedy of war, is hauntingly beautiful in many ways.”—C & R Editorial Board -
Foreword Reviews INDIES Silver Winner and Bronze Winner
Finalist for The Ohio State University Fiction Collection Prize, The Mary McCarthy Prize, Many Voices Project, Prairie Schooner Book Prize, The University of New Orleans Press Lab Prize, The William Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Award, The Santa Fe Writer Projects
Interviews
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diaCRITICS Interview