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Laura Furman

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Laura J. Furman (born 1945) is an American author best known for her role as series editor for the O. Henry Awards prize story collection. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Mirabella, Ploughshares, Southwest Review.

She has written three collections of stories (The Glass House, Watch Time Fly, and Drinking with the Cook), two novels (The Shadow Line and Tuxedo Park), and a memoir (Ordinary Paradise).

She founded American Short Fiction, which was a three-time finalist for the National Magazine Award. She is currently Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in writing. Most recently, she has announced that she has submitted a collection of short stories to her agent, ...more

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	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 3.87 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 by Laura Furman (Editor), Deborah Eisenberg (Contributor), Asako Serizawa (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015 by Laura Furman (Editor), Percival Everett (Contributor), Lydia Davis (Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011 by Laura Furman (Editor), A.M. Homes (Goodreads Author) (Juror), Manuel Muñoz (Juror) 3.81 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014 3.85 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories: 2012 3.80 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016 3.83 avg rating — 292 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 3.78 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2019 3.80 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 by Laura Furman (Series Editor), Charles D'Ambrosio (Juror), Ursula K. Le Guin (Juror) 3.72 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She was the curator of her marriage, collector of swift quotes and unremarked-upon sensations.”
― Laura Furman, The Mother Who Stayed: Stories

tags: marriage, short-story, the-mother-who-stayed

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“For the biographer, the final clue to character lies in the yet unread - the scribbled note, the diary page, a notation in the margin of a draft - until the day when even the most devoted portraitist of the dead says, "Enough!" Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible - resurrection.”
― Laura Furman, The Mother Who Stayed: Stories

tags: biographers, here-it-was-november, short-story

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“You know why we’ll never give up cars—because riding in cars at night is so beautiful, it’s telling stories in a cave with the darkness kept out, the dash lights for the embers of the fire.”
― Laura Furman, The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016

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