Lydia Conklin

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Lydia Conklin is an American short story writer and cartoonist.

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Personal life

Conklin is non-binary. [1]

Education

Conklin received a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard College and a master of fine arts degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [2]

Career

From 2015 to 2017, Conklin was a Creative Writing Fellow at Emory University, [2] [3] [4] and from 2019 to 2021, they were a Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University. [5]

Conklin has received a Stegner Fellowship (2019-2021), [5] as well as fellowships and residencies from MacDowell (2011 and 2021), [6] Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (2019), [7] the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2018), [8] [9] Lighthouse Works (2015), [10] Millay Arts (2013), [11] the James Merrill House (2012), [12] Harvard University (2007), [4] [13] Jentel, [14] Yaddo, [15] Brush Creek, Caldera, Djerassi, Hedgebrook, the Santa Fe Art Institute, and the Vermont Studio Center. [7] They've also received grants and awards from the Astraea Foundation, [16] the Puffin Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council (2014), [17] the Alliance of Artists Communities, and the Council for Wisconsin Writers. [2]

Conklin has received three Pushcart Prizes, [2] [14] as well as a Rona Jaffe Writer's Award (2018) [18] [19] and the Larry and Eleanor Sternig Short Fiction Award (2011). [20] [21]

Conklin is currently the Helen Zell Visiting Professor in Fiction at the University of Michigan. [22] In 2022, they will serve as a judge for the Third Coast's Fiction Contest. [23]

Selected texts

Rainbow, Rainbow (2022)

Rainbow, Rainbow, expected to be published May 31, 2022 by Catapult and June 9, 2022, by Scribner UK, is a collection of short stories.

TIME has named Rainbow, Rainbow one of "The 21 Most Anticipated Books of 2022." [24] The book has also landed on "most anticipated" lists from LGBTQ Reads [25] and Electric Literature . [26] Library Journal has also included it in a "must read" read. [27]

Publications

Book

Cartoons

Narrative Magazine (2009-2019)

The following comics were published in Narrative Magazine.

  • "Diet" (Winter 2009)
  • "Rat Finance" (Spring 2009)
  • "Tapeworm" (Fall 2009)
  • "4th Grade Blogs" (Winter 2010)
  • "Trees" (Fall 2010)
  • "Ant Picnic" (Spring 2011)
  • "Apple" (Fall 2011)
  • "Raccoon Crime Scene" (Winter 2012)
  • "Hot Dog" (Fall 2012)
  • "Reading Comprehension" (Winter 2013)
  • "Traveling" (Spring 2013)
  • "Your Place or My Parents?" (Spring 2013)
  • "Kimmy" (Winter 2014)
  • "Email Me" (Winter 2014)
  • "GPS Pajamas" (Spring 2014)
  • "Peacock Envy" (Winter 2015)
  • "Possum Theater" (Spring 2015)
  • "Rabbit Pregnancy" (Fall 2015)
  • "Eyeliner," in Volume 2016–03, Winter 2016)
  • "Can He Say Hi?" (Fall 2016)
  • "Cooler" (Winter 2019)
  • "Foods That Only Sound Delicious" (Spring 2019)

Lesbian Cattle Dogs (2018-2020)

The following comics were all published to The Believer [30] and Lenny Letter:

  • "Adventures of 'Lesbian Cattle Dogs'" (December 27, 2018)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs Eat Dinner" (January 11, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs Help Ruffles" (February 14, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs Discuss a Big Issue" (March 12, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs are Cleared for Marriage by the Supreme Court" (April 4, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs Stroll Through Memories" (May 9, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs Have a Nice Meat Dinner" (June 26, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs See a Puppy" (July 2, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs Discuss Cuddling" (December 11, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs Welcome a Houseguest" (December 30, 2019)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs See Adelaide" (January 24, 2020)
  • "Lesbian Cattle Dogs Have Tea with Adelaide" (February 24, 2020)

Animals in a Bad Situation (2018-2019)

The following comics were all published to Popula: [31]

  • "Sad Yak" (October 25, 2018)
  • "My Old, Old Egg" (November 15, 2018)
  • "You Only Get Married Once" (November 27, 2018)
  • "Guinea Pigs Reach for the Stars" (January 9, 2019)
  • "Big Changes" (January 17, 2019)
  • "Our Little Talk" (February 19, 2019)

Short stories

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  40. ↑ Conklin, Lydia (Summer 2017). "Mrs. Sadness". Michigan Quarterly Review. 56 (3). University of Michigan. ProQuest   1967372693 – via ProQuest.
  41. ↑ Spillman, Rob; McCormack, Win, eds. (2017). Tin House : True Crime. Tin House Books. ISBN   978-1-942855-14-9. OCLC   1007150580.
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  43. ↑ "ISSUE 69 -". American Short Fiction. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  44. ↑ Conklin, Lydia (2021). "Rainbow Rainbow". The Paris Review. Interviews. Vol. Summer 2021, no. 237. ISSN   0031-2037 . Retrieved 2021-12-29.
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