Peter LaSalle

Born| 1947 (age 76-77)
Occupation|

* Novelist
* short story writer
* travel essayist

Nationality| American
Education| Harvard University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA)
Notable awards| Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (2007)

Peter LaSalle (born 1947) is an American novelist, short story writer, and travel essayist.

## Life

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He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in 1969, and the University of Chicago with an M.A. in 1972.

His books include the novels Mariposa's Song and Strange Sunlight; the short story collections Tell Borges If You See Him , Hockey Sur Glace, The Graves of Famous Writers, What I Found Out About Her, and Sleeping Mask: Fictions; and two collections of essays on literary travel, The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling and The World Is a Book, Indeed.

His fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such as Agni,[1] Antioch Review,[2] Paris Review,[3] Tin House, New England Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Yale Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, and others. His essays, articles, and book reviews have appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, Worldview, Commonweal, The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Times, and others.

He teaches at the University of Texas at Austin,[4][5] where he is the Susan Taylor McDaniel Regents Professor in Creative Writing in the Department of English and a resident faculty member at the Michener Center for Writers.

## Awards

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* Flannery O'Connor Award for Tell Borges If You See Him
* Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction for What I Found Out About Her
* The Antioch Review Award for Distinguished Prose
* O. Henry Award
* National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship

## Works

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### Books

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* LaSalle, Peter (2020). The World Is a Book, Indeed. 2020. LSU Press. ISBN 978-1-942-65818-4.
* LaSalle, Peter (2017). Sleeping Mask: Fictions. 2017. Bellevue Literary Press. ISBN 978-0807173961.
* LaSalle, Peter (2015). The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling. Dzanc Books. ISBN 978-1-938-10320-9.
* LaSalle, Peter (2014). What I Found Out About Her: Stories of Dreaming Americans. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 978-0-268-03392-7.
* LaSalle, Peter (2012). Mariposa's Song, a novel. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-743-4.
* LaSalle, Peter (2007). Tell Borges If You See Him: Tales of Contemporary Somnambulism. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2998-7.
* LaSalle, Peter (1996). Hockey Sur Glace: Stories. Breakaway Books. ISBN 978-1-55821-505-4.
* LaSalle, Peter (1984). Strange Sunlight, a novel. Texas Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-932012-87-6.
* LaSalle, Peter (1980). The Graves of Famous Writers, and Other Stories. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-0287-1.

### Anthologies (work included in)

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* Eric Laughman, ed. (2020). A Perfect Souvenir: Stories About Travel. University of Georgia Press.
* Paul Theroux; Jason Wilson, eds. (2014). The Best American Travel Writing 2014. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
* Nancy Zafris, ed. (2013). Stories from the Flannery O'Connor Award: A 20th Anniversary Anthology (e-book). University of Georgia Press.
* James Thomas; D. Seth Horton, eds. (2011). The Best of the West 2011: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. University of Texas Press.
* Bill Buford; Jason Wilson, eds. (2010). The Best American Travel Writing 2010. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 9780547333359.
* Gorge Pelecanos; Otto Penzler, eds. (2008). The Best American Mystery Stories 2008. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 9780618812677.
* Peter Stine; Doug Hagley, eds. (2008). The Best of Witness 1987-2004. Michigan State University Press.
* Jeff VanderMeer; Anne Vandermeer, eds. (2007). The Best American Fantasy 2007. Prime Books. ISBN 9780809562800.
* Don Graham, ed. (2007). Literary Austin. Texas Christian University Press.
* Judith Taylor; Nickole Brown, eds. (2003). Airfare: Stories, Poems, and Essays on Flight. Sarabande Books.
* Paul D. Staudohar, ed. (2003). More Sports Best Short Stories. Chicago Review Press.
* Don Graham, ed. (2003). Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande. W. W. Norton & Company.
* Paul D. Staudohar, ed. (2003). Sports Best Short Stories. Chicago Review Press.
* Kirby Gann; Kristin Herbert, eds. (2001). A Fine Excess: Contemporary Literature at Play. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1-889330-51-8.
* Bruce Emra, ed. (2001). Sports in Literature. Chicago: National Textbook Company.
* Peter Stine, ed. (1995). Sports in America. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2557-5.
* Jay Jennings, ed. (1995). Tennis and the Meaning of Life: A Literary Anthology of the Game. Breakaway Books (Harcourt Brace, paper). ISBN 978-1-55821-378-4.
* Alexander Blackburn; Kenneth Pellow, eds. (1993). Higher Elevations: A Writers Forum Anthology. Swallow/Ohio University Press.
* William Abrahams, ed. (1991). Prize Stories 1991: The O. Henry Awards. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-41513-2.
* James Thomas; Denise Thomas, eds. (1991). The Best of the West 4: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-30793-1.
* George P. Garrett; Sheila McMillen, eds. (1990). Eric Clapton's Lover and Other Stories from the Virginia Quarterly Review. University of Virginia Press.
* Don Graham, ed. (1986). South by Southwest: 24 Stories from Modern Texas. University of Texas Press.
* Joyce Carol Oates; Shannon Ravenel, eds. (1979). The Best American Short Stories 1979. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

## References

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1. ^ "Agni Online". 15 March 2022.
2. ^ Kingsley, John Donald (2002). "The Antioch Review".
3. ^ "The Paris Review - Fall 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
4. ^ "Creative Writing Faculty". Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
5. ^ "Department of English Faculty". Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-11-01.

## External links

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* "An Interview with Peter LaSalle", Bookslut, March 2008

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