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Career

Krawiec published a second novel, '' Faith In What?'' and the short story collection ''And Fools of God''. These books were reviewed by "Publishers Weekly", "Kirkus", and "Library Journal". He is editor of two anthologies of

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authors, "Cardinal" and "Voices From Home", which included authors like Allan Gurganus,

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, and Elizabeth Spencer. He has written two sports biographies for young people, one about basketball star Yao Ming and the other about Olympic Gold Medal winning skater

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. His biography of Yao Ming was cited as one of the "Forty Best Books of the Year" in 2004 by the Pennsylvania Librarians Association. His first chapbook of poetry, "Breakdown" was published in March, 2008 by Main Street Rag Press. His second book of poetry, "She Hands Me the Razor" was published in 2012 by

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. He has had 4 plays published by Big Dog Publishing. His feature articles for "Pittsburgh" magazine won national and regional awards. His column "Under the Radar" runs monthly in the

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. It features discussions of literary and small presses. Krawiec also wrote the Beginning and Intermediate Fiction Writing curriculum for the UNC-Chapel Hill Independent Studies Program, where he teaches online writing classes. He is the 2009 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award from UNC-Chapel Hill for these courses. Krawiec has won a Creative Writing Fellowship from the

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, two fellowships from the NC Arts Council, and one from the

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. Krawiec is also the founder of Jacar Press, a Community Active Press that publishes poetry and contributes proceeds to fund workshops in underserved areas. In addition to writing, he was one of the first writers to teach writing in

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, prisons,

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classes,

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and in other community locations. His anthology of writing from homeless shelters, "In Our Own Words" was the first published work to feature writing by people who were homeless. His play, "Here, There, or in the Air' was co-written with the women on Death Row in

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, NC. In an interview with Robert D. Wilson of the

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'' Simply Haiku'', Krawiec said: "Many of my friends lived in the projects. So I grew up hanging around with people who were primarily excluded... I found myself telling the stories of those who were ‘voiceless’."INTERVIEW: Richard Krawiec by Robert Wilson
in Simply Haiku v2n6, 2004

Works

Novels

* ''Time Sharing'', (1986) *'' Faith In What?'', (1996)

Short story collections

*''Cardinal'', (editor) *''Voices From Home'', (editor) *''And Fools of God''

Poetry collections

*''She Hands Me the Razor'', (2012) *''Breakdown'', (2008)

Plays

*''Aieee!'', (2005) *''Battlefield'', (2005) *''Here, There, Or In The Air'', (2005) *''If You Really Loved Me'', (2007)

Footnotes

External links

Richard Krawiec Homepage

Jacar Press Homepage

Hard Frost by Richard Krawiec
in ''The Blue Moon Review''
And Fools of God: Richard Krawiec

Featured Artist: Richard Krawiec
N.C. Arts Council - Artist Page

* ttp://americanfiction.wordpress.com/category/richard-krawiec/ Richard Krawiec responds to the foofaraw regarding Gordon Lish‘s editing of Raymond Carver, making the case for a strong-willed editor
Directory of Writers » Richard Krawiec

Here there or in the air by Richard Krawiec
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