Susan Steinberg is an American writer. She is the author of the short story collections ''The End of Free Love'' (

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, 2003), ''Hydroplane'' (

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, 2006) and ''Spectacle'' (

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, 2013). Her first novel ''Machine: A Novel'' (Graywolf, 2019), revolving around a group of teenagers during a single summer at the shore, employs experimental language and structure to interrogate gender, class, privilege, and the disintegration of identity in the shadow of trauma.

Life

Steinberg holds a B.F.A. in Painting from

Maryland Institute College of Art The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a Private university, private art school, art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, it is regarded as one of ...

and an M.F.A. in English from the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

. She teaches English at the

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1855, it has nearly 9,000 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees ...

. She was a fiction editor at ''

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'' from 2000 until 2006.

Awards

Susan Steinberg was the recipient of a 2012

Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

for her short story "Cowboys." She was a James Merrill House Fellow in 2015.

Reviews

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

'' gave ''Machine'' a starred review, praising her "use of meter and line". About ''Machine,'' Ann Hulbert commended in ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 185 ...

'' Steinberg's "daring experiments with style and perspective". In the ''

Los Angeles Review of Books The ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' (''LARB'' is a literary review magazine covering the national and international book scenes. A preview version launched on Tumblr in April 2011, and the official website followed one year later in April 201 ...

'', Andrew Schenker lauded the stylistic diversity of the chapters in ''Machine'' and the stylistic "tension between motion and stasis" in ''Spectacle''.

Writing

*''Machine: A Novel'' (

, 2019) *''Spectacle'' (Graywolf, 2013) * "Spectacle," ''Conjunctions'' (2011) *'' Hydroplane'' (

, 2006) *''The End of Free Love'' (

, 2003)

References

External links

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Interview
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