Jaimy Gordon (born July 4, 1944) is an American writer. She is a winner of the

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Biography

She was born in

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. She graduated from

Antioch College Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its ...

in 1966, received an MA in English from Brown University in 1972, and earned a Doctor of Arts in Creative Writing in 1975, also from Brown. She currently lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she previously taught in the MFA and PhD program of

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Work

Gordon is considered to be an important writer, whose literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. She is author of the underground fantasy classic ''Shamp of the City-Solo''.

Awards

Her fourth novel, ''

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'', published by McPherson & Co., won the 2010

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(With acceptance speech by Gordon, interviews of and readings by all five finalists.) She was named 2019 Michigan Author Award Winner, a lifetime achievement award conferred by the Michigan Library Association.

Works

* ''Shamp of the City-Solo'' (Treacle Press, 1974) * ''The Rose of the West'' (Woodbine Press, 1976) * ''The Bend, The Lip, The Kid'' (Sun Press, 1978) * ''Private T. Pigeon's Tale'' (Treacle Press, 1979) * ''Circumspections from an Equestrian Statue'' (Burning Deck, 1979) * ''She Drove Without Stopping'' (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1990) * ''Bogeywoman'' (Sun & Moon Press, 1999) * ''

'' (McPherson & Company, 2010)

References

Sources

''Gargoyle'' Magazine: An Interview with Jaimy Gordon

External links

WMU Press Release

* ttp://www.edrants.com/segundo/jaimy-gordon-bss-391/ 2011 radio interviewat

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A Surprise Nomination, a Publisher's Quandary
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