Lynne Tillman (born January 1, 1947) is a novelist, short story writer, and cultural critic. She is currently Professor/Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at the

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and teaches at the

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' Art Criticism and Writing MFA Program. Tillman is the author of six novels, five collections of short stories, two collection of essays, and two other nonfiction books. She writes a bi-monthly column "In These Intemperate Times" for Frieze Art Magazine.

Career

Fiction

Tillman's novels include: ''American Genius, A Comedy'' (2006); ''No Lease on Life'' (1998), which was a finalist for a National Book Critics Award in Fiction; ''Cast in Doubt'' (1992); ''Motion Sickness'' (1991); and ''Haunted Houses'' (1987). In March 2018, her sixth novel ''Men and Apparitions'' was published by Soft Skull Press. ''Absence Makes the Heart'' (1990) is Tillman's first collection of short stories. ''The Broad Picture'' (1997) is a collection of Tillman's essays, which were published originally in literary and art periodicals. Her other story collections are: ''The Madame Realism Complex'' (1992); ''This Is Not It'' (2002), stories written in response to the work of 22 contemporary artists; ''Someday This Will Be Funny'' (2011); and ''The Complete Madame Realism and Other Stories''.

Nonfiction

In 1995, Tillman's nonfiction work, ''The Velvet Years: Warhol's Factory 1965-1967,'' was published with photographs by

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; it presented 18

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personalities' narratives, based on interviews with them, as well as her critical essay on

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, his art and studio. Tillman is also the author of the nonfiction book ''The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co.'' (1999), a cultural and social history of a literary landmark where writers and artists congregated for nearly 20 years. ''What Would Lynne Tillman Do?'' (2014)'','' her second essay collection, was a Finalist for the

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Personal life

Tillman lives in Manhattan with the musician

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. Her personal papers were purchased by the

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. Tillman is a collector of the work of artist Caroline Goe.

Awards and honors

*2006 Guggenheim Fellowship *2014

Bibliography

Novels

* * ''Motion Sickness'' (1991) * ''Cast in Doubt ''(1992) * ''No Lease on Life ''(1998) * ''American Genius, A Comedy'' (2006) * ''Men and Apparitions'' (2018)

Short story collections

* ''Absence Makes the Heart'' (1990) * ''The Madame Realism Complex'' (1992) * ''This Is Not It'' (2002) * ''Someday This Will Be Funny'' (2011) * ''The Complete Madame Realism and Other Stories (2016)

Nonfiction

* ''The Velvet Years: Warhol's Factory 1965-1967'' (1995) * ''The Broad Picture" (1997) * ''Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co.'' (1999) * ''What Would Lynne Tillman Do?'' (2014)

Interviews

* *The Intersection of Writing and Sculpture: Writer Lynne Tillman on Roni Horn *Lynne Tillman: Men and Apparitions *In Conversation: Lynne Tillman and Eileen Myles *Emily LaBarge talks to Lynne Tillman about her new novel, Men and Apparitions. *Finding the Question That Hasn’t Been Asked: An Interview with Lynne Tillman *An Interview with Lynne Tillman *An Interview with Lynne Tillman The novelist and critic discusses her new book of fiction—Men and Apparitions.

References

External links

Interview with 3:AM
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Rasmussen, Eric Dean. "Tillman's Turbulent Thinking." ''American Book Review'' 31.6 (2010): 13-15. Rasmussen, Eric Dean. "Tillman's Turbulent Thinking." ''Electronic Book Review'' 05 Dec. (2010).

Tillman, Lynne, Lydia Davis, Eric Dean Rasmussen, and Rone Shavers. “Lydia Davis Interviews Lynne Tillman.” ''Electronic Book Review'' 26 March (2011).
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