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Monica McFawn

モニカ・マクファウン

Monica McFawn

Aliases: Monica McFawn Robinson

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, assistant professor
Affiliations
Northern Michigan University (Department of English)

Education

Western Michigan University
Poetry
Degree: MFA
Country: United States
MFA in Poetry (year not specified)

Awards

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
2013
Work: Bright Shards of Someplace Else
Organization: University of Georgia Press
Result: Winner
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Result: Recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bright Shards of Someplace Else

2014 short story collection

A collection of short stories that won the Flannery O'Connor Award. The pieces often explore themes of place, family, and memory.

familymemoryregionalismidentity

Bibliography

  • Bright Shards of Someplace Else (2014)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic, condensed languagerestrained narrative voice
Recurring Motifs
tensions within familiesfragments of memory and pastrural/regional landscapes

Legacy

Recognized for winning the Flannery O'Connor Award and recipient of an NEA fellowship; noted both for her published fiction and role as a university teacher.

Trivia

  • Her great uncle is John J. Hopfield, originator of the Hopfield network.