Amy Hassinger Mailing Address: 1105 S. Orchard St. Urbana, IL  61801 County: Champaign E-mail: amyhass@prodigy.net Phone numbers: 217-384-7735 Genre: Literary Fiction, Non-fiction

Periodical Publications:

• "Pining After Grace," anthologized in Best Lesbian Love Stories 2005.
• "Light the Light," Natural Bridge, May 2004.
• "La Llorona," Blithe House Quarterly Online, Spring 2003. Also anthologized in
  Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004.
• "Iowa Welcome Station" selected as a winner in the Imagining This Land series,
• Iowa State University , 2001. Poem published as a broadside and posted in community cafés, libraries, bus stops, etc.
• "The Aesthetics of Tofu," in Renewing the Countryside-Iowa, Minneapolis: Renewing the Countryside, 2003.
• "A Minor Revolution: Eating Locally in Iowa," Msfit Magazine, 2001

Book Publications:

• Nina: Adolescence, a novel, G.P. Putnam and Sons, and in
• audio with Listen & Live Audio, 2003.
  Finding Katahdin: An Exploration of Maine's Past, Orono, ME: University of Maine
  Press, 2001.

Forthcoming Publications:

• The Priest's Madonna, a novel, G.P. Putnam and Sons, forthcoming in 2005.
  

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Winner of the 2003 Audio Book of the Year Award from ForeWord Magazine for Nina: Adolescence
• Winner of a Publisher's Weekly 2003 Listen Up! Award for the audio edition of Nina: Adolescence
• Teaching-Writing Fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, 2000 - 2001.
• Joseph E. & Ursil I. Callen Scholar at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1999-2001.

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

Interviews:

• Morning Edition, WKAR, East Lansing, MI, August 2004.
• The Impact, WDBM, East Lansing, MI, August 2004.
• Michigan Writers Series, Michigan State University Library, East Lansing, MI, February 2004.

Readings and Signings:

• The Bookman, Grand Haven, MI, December 2004
• Way Station Books & Stuff, Lansing, MI, August 2004
• Tuesday's Books, Williamston, MI, August 2004
• Schuler Books in Okemos, MI, July 2004
• Borders Books & Music, Portland, ME, June 2004
• River Run Books, Portsmouth, NH, June 2004
• Hudson Valley Book Stop, Kingston, NY, June 2004
• Barnard College Alumnae Reunion Weekend, NY, NY, June 2004
• Shaman Drum Bookshop, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2004
• Barnes & Noble Books during the East Lansing Art Fair, East Lansing, MI, May 2004
• Barnes & Noble Books, Rochester Hills, MI, May 2004
• Michigan Writers Series, Michigan State University Library, East Lansing, MI, February 2004
• Featured Writer, Flint Area Writers Poets & Writers Night, Borders
• Books & Music, Flint, MI, August 2003
• Schuler Books, East Lansing, MI, July 2003
• Big Table Books, Ames, IA, July 2003
• Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, IA, July 2003, broadcast live on Iowa Public Radio
• Brunnier Art Museum , Iowa State University, Imagining This Land culminating event, September 2001
• Sixth Annual Conference on the Short Story, University of Iowa, October 2000

Presentations:

• Slated to present as a part of a panel, "Beyond Judy Blume: The
• Challenges and Pleasures of Writing about Teenage Girls," Associated Writing Programs 2005 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March/April 2005.
• Delivered commencement address at the Iowa Writers' Workshop graduation ceremony, May 2001.

 

Recent Workshops:

• I am a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and have taught fiction and poetry to undergraduates at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.

Present Employment: Self-employed
Preferred Audience: Any audience
Willing to travel: Anywhere

Willing to travel-Other: (If sufficient compensation for travel)

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