Jaimy Gordon (born July 4, 1944) is an American writer. She is a winner of the
National Book Award for Fiction.
Biography
She was born in
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
. She graduated from
Antioch College
Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was i ...
in 1966, received an MA in English from
Brown University in 1972, and earned a Doctor of Arts in Creative Writing in 1975, also from Brown. She currently lives in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropol ...
, where she previously taught in the MFA and PhD program of
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a Public university, public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the tr ...
.
Work
Gordon is considered to be an important writer, whose literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. She is author of the underground fantasy classic ''Shamp of the City-Solo''.
Awards
Her fourth novel, ''
Lord of Misrule'', published by McPherson & Co., won the 2010
National Book Award for Fiction.
["National Book Awards – 2010"]
National Book Foundation
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. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
(With acceptance speech by Gordon, interviews of and readings by all five finalists.) She was named 2019 Michigan Author Award Winner, a lifetime achievement award conferred by the
Michigan Library Association
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.
Works
* ''Shamp of the City-Solo'' (Treacle Press, 1974)
* ''The Rose of the West'' (Woodbine Press, 1976)
* ''The Bend, The Lip, The Kid'' (Sun Press, 1978)
* ''Private T. Pigeon's Tale'' (Treacle Press, 1979)
* ''Circumspections from an Equestrian Statue'' (Burning Deck, 1979)
* ''She Drove Without Stopping'' (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1990)
* ''Bogeywoman'' (Sun & Moon Press, 1999)
* ''
Lord of Misrule'' (McPherson & Company, 2010)
References
Sources
''Gargoyle'' Magazine: An Interview with Jaimy Gordon
External links
WMU Press Release*
ttp://www.edrants.com/segundo/jaimy-gordon-bss-391/ 2011 radio interviewat
The Bat Segundo Show
A Surprise Nomination, a Publisher's Quandary
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American women writers
Antioch College alumni
Brown University alumni
National Book Award winners
Western Michigan University faculty
Living people
1944 births
Writers from Baltimore
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners
American women academics
21st-century American women