Paul Lisicky

Fiction Writer

Brooklyn, NY
New York US
Email: 
paullisicky100@gmail.com
Website: 
paullisicky.net
Twitter/X: 
@Paul_Lisicky@Twitter.com
RSS feed: 
paullisicky.net

Author's Bio

I'm the author of The Narrow Door, Unbuilt Projects, The Burning House, Famous Builder, and Lawnboy. My work has appeared in The Atlantic, Conjunctions, Fence, The New York Times, Ploughshares, Tin House, and elsewhere. I'm an associate professor in the MFA Program at Rutgers University-Camden, where I'm the editor of StoryQuarterly. I live in Brooklyn. A new memoir, Later: My Life at the Edge of the World, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in March 2020.

Education: 
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
MacDowell
Yaddo
Literary agent: 
Matt McGowan, Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Unbuilt Projects (Four Way Books, 2012)
,
The Burning House (Etruscan Press, 2011)
,
Lawnboy (Graywolf Press, 2006)
,
Famous Builder (Graywolf Press, 2002)
Journals:
Conjunctions
,
Fence
,
Ploughshares
,
Tin House
Prizes won: 

Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Fellowships, James Michener/Copernicus Society Fellowship, Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award, Finalist Randy Shilts Award, Finalist Lambda Literary Award, Finalist Stonewall Book Award, Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Cherry Hill, NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
Cherry Hill, NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Dec 06, 2019