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Alison Stine

アリソン・スタイン

Arison Sutain

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1978-01-25 (Indiana, U.S.)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
rural Indiana → Mansfield, Ohio → Appalachia in southern Ohio → Colorado

Career

Occupations
Writer, Poet, Author, Academic
Active Years
1997-2024
Affiliations
Gettysburg College, Fordham University, Grand Valley State University, Denison University, Ohio University

Education

Denison University
Degree: BA
Country: United States
University of Maryland
Poetry
Degree: MFA
Country: United States
in poetry
Ohio University
Degree: PhD
Country: United States

Awards

Philip K. Dick Award
2021
Work: Road Out of Winter
Organization: Philip K. Dick Award
Result: Winner
Brittingham Prize in Poetry
2010
Work: Wait
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Road Out of Winter

2020 Post-apocalyptic fiction 315 pages

Focuses on working-class women in rural Ohio dealing with climate change in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

Climate changeWorking-classRural lifeWomen

Trashlands

2021 Fiction 384 pages

Ohio Violence

2009 Poetry collection 80 pages

Wait

2011 Poetry collection 88 pages

Bibliography

  • Lot of My Sister (2001)
  • Ohio Violence (2009)
  • Wait (2011)
  • Supervision (2015)
  • The Protectors (2016)
  • Road Out of Winter (2020)
  • Trashlands (2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Rural-focusedSpeculative realismDystopian noir
Recurring Motifs
AppalachiaClimate changePovertyClassism

Health

  • Partially deaf
    出生時から
    Writes to be heard despite partial deafness

Legacy

Known for winning the Philip K. Dick Award for her novel Road Out of Winter, writing poetry and fiction influenced by rural life and climate change.

Trivia

  • Former child actor
  • Has one child
  • Plays performed at Cleveland Playhouse and Off-Broadway