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Beth Lordan (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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Beth Lordan is the author of the novel August Heat (1989), which has been highly praised for its Magical Realist evocation of American small-town life.

Achievements

Beth Lordan received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in 1993, and her short fiction has won prizes from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council. And Both Shall Row was named one of The New York Times notable books for 1998.

Biography

Ellenora Beth Lordan was born in Perkin, Illinois, on December...

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