Elise Juska

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Elise Juska is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She is as a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. [1]

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Career and education

Juska is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the graduate writing program at the University of New Hampshire. [2] She is the author of the novels Reunion,The Blessings, and If We Had Known.

Reunion, about three friends who return to their delayed 25th college reunion one year after the COVID-19 pandemic, was published by HarperCollins in May 2024. It was selected as an Editors' Choice by the New York Times [3] , named one of People Magazine's "Best New Books" [4] , and received endorsements from New York Times bestselling authors Liz Moore and Mary Beth Keane. [5]

The Blessings, released by Grand Central Publishing in 2014, [6] which was selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Series, [7] the May 2014 LibraryReads list, [8] and Entertainment Weekly's "Must List." [9] The Philadelphia Inquirer named the novel one of the 10 Best Books of 2014, describing it as: "[A] bighearted novel... Juska's moving, multifaceted portrait of the Blessing family gleams like a jewel." [10]

If We Had Known was released by Grand Central Publishing in April 2018. [11] Inspired by the shooting at Virginia Tech, [12] the story is about an English professor who, after a shooting at her local mall, realizes that the gunman was her former student and wrote an essay for her class offering clues to his violent nature she might have missed. [13]

Juska's short stories and essays have appeared in Ploughshares, [14] The Gettysburg Review, [15] The Missouri Review, [16] The Millions, [17] Good Housekeeping, [18] The Hudson Review, [19] Prairie Schooner, [20] Harvard Review, [21] and numerous other publications.

Awards and honors

Juska was the 2013 winner of the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction from Ploughshares [22] and her short stories have been honored by the Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series. [23] From the University of the Arts, she received the 2014 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. [24]

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  2. ↑ "ejuska | University of the Arts". www.uarts.edu. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "The New York Times: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "People's Best Books to Read in May 2024" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Elise Juska" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. ↑ The Blessings . Hachette Book Group. ISBN   978-1455574032 . Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "The Blessings". The Barnes & Noble Review. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "May 2014 LibraryReads List". LibraryReads. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Must List: The Top Ten Things We Love This Week". Entertainment Weekly. May 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ "A Phila. family's story, told in many voices". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 4, 2014.
  11. ↑ "If We Had Known". Grand Central Publishing. 978-1455561773. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Gun novels to read when your nation is averaging one school shooting for every 60 hours". BookPage. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
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  14. ↑ "Elise Juska | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Gettysburg Review - Store". www.gettysburgreview.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Missouri Review » Elise Juska". www.missourireview.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "The Keep Pile". The Millions. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Other People's Love Letters". No. February 2013. Good Housekeeping.
  19. ↑ "Elise Juska". The Hudson Review. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  20. ↑ "Spring 2016 Issue of Prairie Schooner Now Available! | Prairie Schooner". prairieschooner.unl.edu. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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  22. ↑ "Alice Hoffman Prize | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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