Danielle Valore Evans

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Danielle Evans
BornDanielle Valore Evans
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
University of Iowa
GenreFiction
Notable worksThe Office of Historical Corrections (2020)
Notable awardsPEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (2011)
Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize (2021)

Danielle Evans (born Danielle Valore Evans)[1] is an American fiction writer. She is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Iowa.[2] In 2011, she was honored by the National Book Foundation as one of its "5 Under 35" fiction writers.[3] Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, her first short story collection, won the 2011 PEN/Robert Bingham Prize. The collection's title echoes a line from "The Bridge Poem," from Kate Rushin's collection The Black Back-Ups (Firebrand Books, 1993).[4] Reviewing the book in The New York Times, Lydia Peelle observed that the stories "evoke the thrill of an all-night conversation with your hip, frank, funny college roommate."[5]

Evans's work was anthologized in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Best American Short Stories collections in 2008, 2010, and 2017. Her stories have also appeared in

the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[6] Previously, she taught in the English department at American University. She now teaches at Johns Hopkins
.

On July 17, 2020, Evans was featured on an episode of This American Life in the series "How to be alone", her audio segment being titled "The Unbearable Part".[7]

The Office of Historical Corrections, a collection of seven stories, was released on November 10, 2020. It was a finalist for The Story Prize.

In April 2021, Evans won the Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Author Homepage". Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Laidlaw, Grace (December 2010). "Danielle Evans '04 Sees the Past in the Present". Columbia College Today. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "The National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35" Fiction, 2011". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "katerushin.com/pub.html". Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  5. ^ Lydia Peelle, "Between Sisters", The New York Times, October 22, 2010.
  6. ^ Zurlo-Cuva, Rosemary (January 22, 2014). "UW-Madison creative writing program adds Danielle Evans to its faculty roster". Isthmus. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  7. ^ "How to Be Alone | Act One: The Unbearable Part", This American Life, July 17, 2020.
  8. ^ "Danielle Evans Wins the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved May 19, 2021.

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