A Private State
A Private State (1997) is a collection of short stories by Charlotte Bacon. It won the Ernest Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (1998), and the Associated Writing Programs Award for Short Fiction (1996).[1] A story from the collection "Live Free or Die," won the 1996 Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Award for Best Short Story.[1]
Reception
Writing in the New York Times Book Review, Lisa Zeidner, a professor of English at Rutgers University, said:
- Bacon is attempting to produce exciting fiction about essentially unexciting and predictable lives -- a surprisingly difficult task. It's hard to get the balance right between dailiness and drama. Readers may occasionally wish that these women and Bacon's stories took more chances. She often succeeds..[2]
Editions
- Charlette Bacon. A Private State, University of Massachusetts Press, 1997. ISBN 1-55849-114-7
References
- 1 2 Staff writer (November 3, 1997). "Private State -Awp". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ↑ Lisa Zeidner (March 1, 1998). "Frequent Fliers". New York Times Book Review. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
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