Steve Amick
American novelist and short story writer
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Steve Amick (born February 16, 1964) is an American novelist and short story writer.
St. Lawrence University (MFA)
Steve Amick | |
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| Born | February 16, 1964 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | George Mason University (BA) St. Lawrence University (MFA) |
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Career
Steve Amick holds a BA in English-writing from St. Lawrence University and an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University.[1]
Amick's novels The Lake, the River & the Other Lake and Nothing But a Smile were published by Pantheon Books.[2] His most recent publication is the novel You Shall See the Beautiful Things published by Acre Books. His short story appearances include Zoetrope: All-Story,[3] Playboy,[4][5] The Southern Review,[6][7] Michigan Quarterly Review,[8] McSweeney’s,[9] in the anthology The Sound of Writing,[10] and on National Public Radio.
Amick teaches at the Pacific University Low-Residency MFA creative writing program.[11]
Works
Novels
Anthologies
- Kwame Dawes, ed. When the Rewards Can Be So Great: Essays on Writing and the Writing Life. Pacific University Press. (2016)[14]
- Keith Taylor and Laura Kasischke, eds. Ghost Writers: Contemporary Ghost Stories from Michigan. Wayne State University Press. (2011)[15]
- Robert Shapard and James Thomas, eds. New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories From America and Beyond. W. W. Norton & Company. (2007)[16]
- Kathryn Harrison and Jeff Kass, eds. Unsquared: Ann Arbor’s Writers Unleash Their Edgiest Stories and Poems. 826michigan. (2006)[17]
- Alan Cheuse, ed. The Sound of Writing. Anchor/Doubleday. (1991)[18]
Awards
- Michigan Notable Book Award (2006 & 2010)[19][20]
- Washington Post Book of the Year (2005)
- Michigan Quarterly Review's Lawrence Prize (2011)[8]
- Dan Rudy Prize, George Mason University (1989)[21]