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Ann Harleman

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Ann Harleman is the author of two story collections, THOREAU'S LAUNDRY, and HAPPINESS (which won the Iowa Short Fiction Award); and two novels, THE YEAR SHE DISAPPEARED, and BITTER LAKE. Among her awards are Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships, the Berlin Prize in Literature, the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, and the O. Henry Award.

Ann was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in linguistics from Princeton University, and she has lived and worked behind the Iron Curtain and (much more happily) in Italy.

After two decades teaching fiction writing at the Rhode Island School of Design, Ann is currently on the faculty of Brown University. She makes her home within sight of San Francisco Bay.
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Ann Harleman I get my seat in contact with the seat of my chair. Then I take my file of images that have spoken to me over the years, choose one without looking, a…moreI get my seat in contact with the seat of my chair. Then I take my file of images that have spoken to me over the years, choose one without looking, and just start writing about it. Typing, typing, typing. What can I see, smell, touch, taste, hear? What's in motion?

One of my published novels actually started in this very way! (less)
Ann Harleman Making something. Putting something into the world that otherwise wouldn't be there. And (hopefully) something that helps someone else to make sense o…moreMaking something. Putting something into the world that otherwise wouldn't be there. And (hopefully) something that helps someone else to make sense of her/his experience, or find comfort, or companionship.(less)
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The Year She Disappeared: A...

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Tell Me, Signora

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THOREAU'S LAUNDRY

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Bitter Lake

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Happiness

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“I thought of how she'd been at three, at six, at nine. No one warns you about the losses. No one tells you you'll miss them, those earlier children. They disappear, but are they still there, sealed one inside the next like those little wooden Russian dolls?”
Ann Harleman, Bitter Lake

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