Corrina Wycoff
Corrina Wycoff | |
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Occupation | Writer Professor |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Fiction |
Notable works | O Street Damascus House |
Corrina Wycoff is an American writer known for her 2007
Education and career
Wycoff holds an
Her fiction and essays have appeared in
Michelle Abbott wrote of Wycoff in the Puyallup Post:
She began picking up inspirational pieces for her novels at an early age and passed into single motherhood, drawing from realistic and experiential circumstances. From the naturalist perspective, she creates characters affected by low social status, struggling to pull their weight beyond the lowest rung ... Reality sets the stage for Wycoff’s characters, and difficult circumstances pave the way for heightened awareness.[3]
Works
- "Oregon Quarterly (2007)[6]
- "Visiting Mrs. Ferullo" (short story), Heartland Short Fiction Prize (1999),[4] published in O Street (2007)[1]
- "Rebecca" (short story), Other Voices magazine (Fall/Winter 2002)[7]
- "The Adjunct" (short story),
- "Another Oregon Trail" (essay),
- "Rita" (poem), Seattle Poetry on Buses program (2004)[12][13]
- "The Shell Game" (short story), Coal City Review (2006)[14] and O Street (2007)[1]
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- Damascus House (novel), Spuyten Duyvil Publishing (2016)[20]
Awards and honors
In 1999 Wycoff won the second annual Heartland Short Fiction Prize for her stories "
Personal life
A single mother, Wycoff had her son Asher at age 23.[24] She lives in Seattle, Washington.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9767177-2-0.
- ^ a b Frizzelle, Christopher (April 26, 2007). "Debut Prism". The Stranger. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ Abbott, Michelle (March 18, 2013). "Corrina Wycoff writes reality". Puyallup Post. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c "1999 Award winners: New Letters Heartland Short Fiction Prize". Poets & Writers. March 1999. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ New Letters. 65 (2): 139. Archived from the originalon July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- Oregon Quarterly. 86 (3): 15–16. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ Wycoff, Corrina (2002). "Rebecca". Other Voices. 37. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0972323413.
- ^ Stuivenga, Will (November 30, 2011). "Between the Lines: Washington State Library Blog". Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0871143037.
- ^ Jackson, Rachel (March 1, 2004). Reading for — and about — a rainy day. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b "Poetry on Buses". Metro Online. 2002. Archived from the original on December 4, 2002. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ Wycoff, Corrina (2004). "Rita". Metro Online. Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ Wycoff, Corrina (2006). "The Shell Game". Coal City Review. 21. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- Other Voices. 45. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ Wycoff, Corrina (2006). "O Street". Golden Handcuffs Review. 1 (7). Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ^ "O Street: Stories". Publishers Weekly. January 8, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- Time Out Chicago. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ Upchurch, Michael (April 20, 2007). "O Street: Strong first novel of a painful mother-daughter bond". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ "Damascus House by Corrina Wycoff". Spuyten Duyvil Publishing. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ "Standout Scholars 2000". CAS.UOregon.edu. 2000. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ "2003 Hugo and Founders Awards". HugoHouse.org. 2003. Archived from the original on February 23, 2004. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ Gonzalez, Antonio (April 30, 2007). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards: Recipients and Finalists". LambdaLiterary.org. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- ^ Wycoff, Corrina (June 18, 2007). "Single Motherhood, Poverty and Literature". GinaFrangello.blogs.com. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
External links
- "Corrina Wycoff: The Gift of Heresy (Audio interview)". Jack Straw Writers Program. August 2, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- Wycoff, Corrina (April 26, 2016). "The Long Way". Full Grown People. Retrieved May 3, 2016.