Cheryl Pappas

Fiction Writer

Newton, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
fabulistpappas@gmail.com
Website: 
cherylpappas.net

Author's Bio

Cheryl Pappas is a writer from Boston. She is the author of the flash fiction collection The Clarity of Hunger. Her stories have been published in Swamp Pink (formerly Crazyhorse), Wigleaf, Hayden's Ferry Review, Juked, HAD, Smokelong Quarterly, and more. She is at work on her first novel. She was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship in 2023 and an artist grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2022.

Education: 
Bennington Writing Seminars at Bennington College MFA
Writers Retreats: 
MacDowell

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Bitter Oleander
,
Chattahoochee Review
,
Fairy Tale Review
,
Hayden's Ferry Review
,
Hobart
,
Jellyfish Review
,
Juked
,
Okay Donkey
,
SmokeLong Quarterly
,
Wigleaf
Prizes won: 

MacDowell Fellowship
Massachusetts Cultural Council grant

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Virginia Woolf, Thomas Mann, Carmen Maria Machado, Colette, Franz Kafka, Rumi, Amy Hempel
What I'm reading now: 
Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson, The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Darling Girl by Liz Michalski

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Litchfield, NH
New Hampshire
Raised in: 
Litchfield , NH
New Hampshire
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Last update: May 13, 2024