Maya Sonenberg

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Maya Sonenberg
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Wesleyan University
Brown University
Genre Short story
Notable awards Drue Heinz Literature Prize (1989)

Maya Sonenberg is an American short story writer.

Life

She graduated from Wesleyan University, in 1982 and from Brown University, in 1984. She teaches at University of Washington. [1]

Contents

Her work appeared in Gargoyle, [2] Santa Monica Review, [3]

She is a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association. [4]

Awards

Works

Reviews

In this kaleidoscopic set of "fictions," Maya Sonenberg writes stories about memory and desire that are lucid and memorable because she employs so many distinct voices. Yet there are aspects of this collection that will dash a reader's expectations of what a story is – for better or for worse. [7]

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References

  1. "Maya Sonenberg". depts.washington.edu. Archived from the original on February 25, 2004.
  2. "Gargoyle: Issue 39".
  3. "SMR - Back Issue". Archived from the original on June 2, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  4. "PNWA Summer Conference 2006 - Session Presenters". Archived from the original on February 27, 2012.
  5. "[PANK] Books".
  6. "Alaska Quarterly Review - A Literary Magazine".
  7. Wingate Packard (January 26, 2007). "Book Review "Voices from the Blue Hotel"". The Seattle Times.