Greg Mulcahy

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Greg Mulcahy
Born1958 (age 6566)
St. Paul, Minnesota
OccupationNovelist, short-story writer

Greg Mulcahy is an American novelist and short-story writer.

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Early life

Mulcahy was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1958.

Career

Mulcahy's collection Out of Work was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1993. [1] It included a novella, Glass. [2]

His first novel, Constellation, was published in 1996. [3]

A second collection of stories, Carbine, was released in 2010 by University of Massachusetts Press [4] as part of its Juniper Prize for Fiction series. [5]

A second novel, O'Hearn, was released in 2015. Kirkus Reviews called it "an inventive but ultimately thin portrayal of workplace despair." [6]

His short fiction appeared frequently in Gordon Lish's The Quarterly [7] and frequently appears in Diane Williams's NOON . His fiction has also been featured in such journals as Elimae, New York Tyrant, Caliban, The Gettysburg Review, Juked, Alice Blue Review, Sidebrow, Five Rrope, and Word Riot.

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References

  1. Eder, Richard (August 5, 1993). "A Rude Tumble Out of (or Into?) Reality". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. "Constellation by Greg Mulcahy". Kirkus Reviews . May 20, 2010. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  3. "Constellation by Greg Mulcahy". Kirkus Reviews . May 20, 2010. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  4. Greg Mulcahy (2010). Carbine: Stories. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN   978-1-55849-818-1.
  5. "Juniper Prize for Fiction". University of Massachusetts Press . Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  6. "O'Hearn by Greg Mulcahy". Kirkus Reviews . January 19, 2015. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  7. "Looking outward" (fee required). St. Paul Pioneer Press . September 16, 1993. Retrieved 2009-02-13.