Hester Kaplan

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Hester Kaplan
Born
Hester Margaret Kaplan
Alma mater Barnard College (B.A.)
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • writer
SpouseMichael Stein
Parent(s) Anne Bernays Kaplan
Justin Kaplan
Relatives Edward Bernays (grandfather)
Doris E. Fleischman (grandmother)

Hester Margaret Kaplan Stein is an American short story writer, and novelist.

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Life

Kaplan was born to a Jewish family, the daughter of novelist Anne (née Bernays) and author Justin Kaplan. [1] Her maternal grandparents were Doris Fleischman and Edward Bernays, "the father of public relations" and nephew of Sigmund Freud. She grew up in Cambridge and graduated from Barnard College.

She has taught writing at Rhode Island School of Design [2] and teaches at Lesley University. [3]

Her work appeared in Ploughshares, Story, Glimmer Train, and Agni, [4] "The Private Life of Skin", appeared in Southwest Review.

In 1987, she married Dr. Michael Stein. [1]

Awards

Works

Anthologies

Work appearing in Ploughshares

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ms. Kaplan Weds Dr. Michael Stein". The New York Times . September 14, 1987.
  2. "RISD : Rhode Island School of Design : FACULTY LIST". Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
  3. "Creative Writing MFA | Lesley University".
  4. "Agni Online". September 15, 2022.
  5. Writers corner: Hester Kaplan, National Endowment for the Arts, archived from the original on July 26, 2011, retrieved July 1, 2011
  6. List, Madeleine (February 11, 2020). "Providence author receives national arts fellowship". The Providence Journal . Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  7. "Unravished". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  8. "The Tell by Hester Kaplan". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  9. "Kinship Theory by Hester Kaplan". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  10. "Kinship Theory: A solid, well-written first novel that successfully avoids the saccharine and melodramatic". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  11. Kennedy, Dana (April 29, 2001). "Books | Kinship Theory". The New York Times.
  12. Kramer, Peter D. (December 1, 2001). "Kinship Theory". American Journal of Psychiatry. 158 (12): 2097–2098. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.158.12.2097.
  13. "The Edge of Marriage". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  14. "The Edge of Marriage: Stories by Hester Kaplan". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  15. Ferguson, Sarah (October 24, 1999). "Domestic Unrest: This debut collection of stories looks at husbands and wives in transition". The New York Times. ProQuest   110145817.
  16. "The Best American Short Stories". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved October 21, 2024.