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Daphne Kalotay was born and raised in New Jersey and attended Vassar College, where she graduated with a BA in Psychology. In 1993, she moved to Massachusetts to attend Boston University's Creative Writing Program, where her stories went on to win the school's Florence Engel Randall Fiction Prize and a Transatlantic Review Award from The Henfield Foundation. She remained at BU to complete a PhD in modern and contemporary literature, writing her doctoral dissertation on the works of Mavis Gallant. Daphne has received fellowships from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the La Napoule Foundation, Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony, and is a grateful recipient of the W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts from Vassar College. She has taught creative writing at Boston University and Middlebury College and is currently Visiting Writer-in-Residence at Skidmore College.
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House of Caravans (2023)
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"Grappling with themes of social injustice, immigrant life in the U.S., and the complicated bonds within extended families, Shilpi Suneja's novel reveals a sincere, informed engagement with matters of political history and of human dignity."
The Lunar Housewife (2022)
Caroline Woods
"Caroline Woods gives us two-for-one in this artful mystery: a young writer negotiating the New York City publishing world in the 1950s, and the sci-fi novel she is writing based on her experience of sexism and intrigue, secrets and deceit."
Everything Here Is Beautiful (2018)
Mira T Lee
"I was steadily drawn into this beautifully-written story of enduring love and family, however family is defined. Mira T. Lee’s characters are captivating and very real, illustrating how intractable mental illness marks everyone in its sphere and renders the quotidian both beautiful and threatening. A compelling read."
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