Natalie Lima
Natalie Lima | |
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 Natalie Lima at the Loudmouth bookstore in Indianapolis, Indiana. | |
| Born | June 12, 1986 |
| Occupation | Author and creative writing professor |
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| Notable awards | Best American Essays (2019 and 2020) |
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Natalie Lima is a Cuban Puerto Rican author who works at Butler University in Indianapolis.[1][2] Her short fiction and nonfiction writings have been selected for awards and anthologies, including Best American Essays for 2019 and 2020.[3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Natalie Lima was born in Miami on June 12, 1986. Growing up she lived in Hialeah and Las Vegas. Lima's family includes Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage.[1] In an interview, she describes her upbringing as "mixed race" and "working class."[5]
Lima is the first person from her family to earn a college degree. She completed her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University.[6] Later she earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Arizona.[7]
Career
[edit]Lima began working as a creative writing professor at Butler University in 2022.[8] Her work has been selected for the Best Small Fictions list[9] and she has been mentioned in Best American Essays in 2019 and 2020.[3][4] As a writer she has received scholarships and fellowships from notable organizations, including: PEN America, Bread Loaf, Tin House, and the Mellon Foundation.[1][6][10] In 2020 Lima completed a residency at Hedgebrook.[1][11] Lima served as a judge for the Ray Ventre Nonfiction Prize in 2021.[12] In 2023, Literary Hub recommended Lima for readers interested in online flash fiction.[13]
In an interview, Lima names Toni Morrison, Sandra Cisneros, Ottessa Moshfegh, Celeste Ng, Samantha Irby, Jaquira Diaz, Michelle Tea, and others as influences.[5]
Works
[edit]Natalie Lima's work has been published by Longreads, Guernica, Brevity, The Offing, Catapult, and in the anthologies Sex and the Single Woman (2022) and Body Language (2022).[1] Lima's work includes a wide range of themes including women's bodies, gender relations, sexuality, and more.[14] As an essayist, her life experiences often serve as subjects for creative work. For example, her struggles as a first-generation college student are central to her essay, "Snowbound."[15][16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Natalie Lima". Flamboyan. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Chung, Nicole; Ortile, Matt (2022-07-12). Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, and Making Space for Ourselves. Catapult. ISBN 978-1-64622-132-5.
- ^ a b Solnit, Rebecca; Atwan, Robert (October 2019). The Best American Essays 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-1-328-46580-1.
- ^ a b Aciman, Andr; Aciman, André; Atwan, Robert (2020-10-06). The Best American Essays 2020. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-358-35991-3.
- ^ a b Ugwueze, Kosiso (2019-10-11). "Q&A with Natalie Lima, author of "Men Paid Me to Eat"". The Offing (Medium). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ a b "MFA Faculty & Staff | Butler University". College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Snowbound". Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Natalie Lima". Natalie Lima. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "BSF Selections 2020 | sonderpress". 2020-06-13. Archived from the original on 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Mellon Foundation". www.mellon.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "WiR Current Residents". Hedgebrook.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "PN interviews nonfiction contest judge Natalie Lima". Passages North. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ May, Rachel; Belc, Krys Malcolm (2023-02-17). "New Ways to Workshop: A Reading List to Inspire Literary Innovation". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Seupersad, Sarojini (2022-07-12). "Book review of Body Language edited by Nicole Chung and Matt Ortile". BookPage | Discover your next great book!. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Cawood, Shuly Xóchitl (2021-03-28). "Making the reader feel something. Please. Show and tell, a craft essay". Cleaver Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Silverman, Sue William (2024). Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-3810-8.