Steve Amick
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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Steve Amick (born February 16, 1964) is an American novelist and short story writer.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Novels
[edit]- The Lake, the River & the Other Lake (2005)[12]
- Nothing But a Smile (2009)[13]
- You Shall See the Beautiful Things (2023)
Anthologies
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amick, Steve 1964--". HighBeam Research. Gale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Steve Amick". Penguin Random House. Penguin Random House. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Amick, Steve. "The Measuring, 1868". Zoetrope: All-Story. American Zoetrope. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Amick, Steve (November 2002). "Swallowing". Playboy. 49 (11). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Amick, Steve (January 2003). "Joint Custody". Playboy. 50 (7). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Amick, Steve (2001). "Allie's Girl". The Southern Review (Summer 2001): 256. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Amick, Steve (2015). "Attractive Nuisance". The Southern Review (Autumn 2015): 655. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ a b "MQR Announces 2011 Literary Prizes". Michigan Quarterly Review. The Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Amick, Steve (1999). "Santa & Son". McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (3). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Cheuse, Alan (October 1, 1991). The Sound of Writing. Anchor, 1st Anchor Books Ed. ISBN 978-0385416702.
- ^ "Faculty Biographies - Master of Fine Arts in Writing". Pacific University Oregon. Pacific University. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Amick, Steve (2006). The Lake, the River & the Other Lake. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-1400079940.
- ^ Amick, Steve (2010). Nothing But a Smile. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0307390196.
- ^ Dawes, Kwame (2016). When the Rewards Can Be So Great: Essays on Writing and the Writing Life. Forest Grove, Oregon: Pacific University Press. ISBN 978-0-9884827-4-6.
- ^ Taylor, Keith; Kasischke, Laura (September 2011). Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them, Contemporary Michigan Literature. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814334744.
- ^ Shapard, Robert; Thomas, James (January 17, 2007). New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories from America and Beyond. New York City, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393328011.
- ^ Harrison, Kathryn; Kass, Jeff (2006). Unsquared: Ann Arbor’s Writers Unleash Their Edgiest Stories and Poems. Ann Arbor, MI: 826michigan. ISBN 978-0977928927.
- ^ Cheuse, Alan (October 1, 1991). The Sound of Writing. Anchor, 1st Anchor Books Ed. ISBN 978-0385416702.
- ^ "2006 Michigan Notable Books". Library of Michigan. State of Michigan. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "2010 Michigan Notable Books". Library of Michigan. State of Michigan. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Steve Amick 1964--". HighBeamResearch. Gale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "The Peninsula Personality: An interview with Steve Amick," Michigan Radio
- "Interview: Nerdy Questions for Author Steve Amick--Part One," Pop Culture Nerd
- Personal Essay: "Cold Comfort," The New York Times
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Categories:
- American romantic fiction novelists
- American horror writers
- Novelists from Michigan
- American male novelists
- American male short story writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 1964 births
- Living people
- St. Lawrence University alumni
- George Mason University alumni
- 21st-century American male writers