Publications
Novels
Awake (New York: Henry Holt, and Co., 2004)
- Softcover edition (New York: Harcourt Brace/Harvest, 2005).
The Honey Thief (New York: Hyperion, 1999).
- Softcover edition (Harcourt Brace/Harvest, 2000/2001)
- British editions (London: The Women’s Press, 2000, 2001)
- German edition (Munich: List Taschenbuch Verlag, 2000)
- Hebrew Edition (Tel Aviv: Kinneret Publishing, 2001)
- Chinese edition, (Vintage International, 2003)
- Large print edition (Thorndike Press, 1999)
- Braille Edition (Braille Books, 2005)
Unravelling, (New York: Hyperion,1997)
- Softcover edition (New York: Harcourt Brace/Harvest, 1999)
Short Story Collection
Have You Seen Me? (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991)
- Softcover edition (New Jersey: Ecco Press, 1993)
Anthologized Work
“The Mourning Door”
Best American Short Stories 2001, Barbara Kingsolver, guest ed.,
Katrina Kenison, ed. (Houghton Mifflin, 2001). 85-97.
Prize Stories 2001: The O. Henry Awards, Guest Editors: Mary Gordon,
Michael Chabon, Mona Simpson; series editor, Larry Dark, (Anchor/Doubleday). 191-199.
Pushcart Prize XXVI: Best of the Small Presses, Bill Henderson, ed. (Pushcart Press, 2002). 256-265.
Behind the Short Story: From First to Final Draft, Todd Pierce and Ryan Van Cleave, eds., (Allyn & Bacon/Longman, forthcoming 2005).
Out of the Blue Writers Unite, Timothy Gager, ed. (T. Gager Press, 2003).
Lincoln by Lincoln, Reflections on a Massachusetts Town at 250, Mary Ann Hales, ed., (Cottage Press: 2004).
Before: Stories of Pregnancy from Our Top Writers, Ed. Emily Franklin
(New York: Overlook Press, 2006): 63-7
“Have You Seen Me?”
20: Best of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, John Edgar Wideman, ed. (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 2001): 210-225.
Sacred Ground: Writings About Home, Barbara Bonner, ed. (Milkweed Editions: 1996): 150-16
“Surtsey”
Passing the Word: Writers on their Mentors, Jeffrey Skinner & Lee Martin, eds. (Louisville: Sarabande Books, 2001). 131-152.
“Two Baths”
Best American Essays, 1998, Robert Atwan, ed., Cynthia Ozick, guest ed., Robert Atwan, ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
American Fiction, Vol. 9, A. Davis, M. White, eds. (New Rivers Press: 1997): 23-35. Story chosen by Joyce Carol Oates.
“A Place Not There”
Best Underground Fiction, Scott Miles, ed. (Stolen Time Publishing, 2006), Eds. Scott Miles and Jeff Mikos. 198-211.
An Intricate Weave: Women Write About Girls and Girlhood, Marlene Miller, ed. (Iris Editions: 1997): 184-196.
“What Kind of Girl”
Lost On Purpose: Women in the City, Amy Prior, ed. (Seal Press/Avalon Books, 2004): 153-166.
“Mammals”
Chick-Lit 2: New Women’s Fiction Anthology, C. Mazza, J. DeShell, E. Sheffield, eds. (Fiction Collective 2: 1996): 106-113.
” Between”
Strictly Casual: Fiction By Women On Love, Amy Prior, ed. (Serpent’s Tail, UK: 2003): 1-19.
Inappropriate Random: Stories on Sex and Love, Amy Prior, ed. (Seal Press, New York, 2003). 1-22.
Prize Stories 1996: The O. Henry Awards, William Abrahams, ed. (Anchor/Doubleday: 1996): 285-300.
Adult Development and Learning: Multicultural Stories, S. Merriam and L. Baumgartner, eds. (Kreiger: 1999): 129-141.
“The Boy Who Fell Forty Feet”
Prize Stories 1994: The O. Henry Awards (Anchor/Doubleday: 1994): 216-228.
“Three Mothers”
Writers Harvest, William Shore, ed. (Harcourt Brace:
1994): 268-265.
“The Body Shop”
Best American Short Stories, 1991 (Houghton Mifflin: 1991): 194-208. Selected by Alice Adams.
“Square Dance”
Street Songs I: New Voices in Fiction, Jane Hill, ed. (Longstreet Press: 1990): 78-96.
Short Fiction “He Goes” Official Catalogue of Potential Literature (Cow Heavy Press, 2011 (Ed. Ben Segal) and on-line in Continent (2011).
“Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4″ Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 48,Spring- Summer, 2011
“Flatiron” Art on Art, Modernist Press, 2011 (Ed. Steve Soucy)
“Flatiron,” commissioned for “Stories on Stage,” WBEZ Radio, Chicago, IL; performed on January 10, 2004, and subsequently broadcast nationally on NPR.
“The Mourning Door.” Ploughshares, Vol. 26 #2&3, Gish Jen, guest ed. (Summer, 2000):
80-89.
“Surtsey.”Doubletake (Summer, 2000): 92-98.
“Touch and Go.” Story, (Autumn, 1999): 42-49.
“Dream of the Stolen Skirt.” Fiction, Vol.14, #2 (Summer 1997): 213-214.
“A Place Not Here.” Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry and Prose 27 (Fall 1996): 141-149.
“Vines and Other Climbing Plants.” Story (Summer 1996): 12-24.
“Halogen.” Glimmer Train, Issue 16 (Fall 1995): 69-86.
“What Kind of Boy.” Southwest Review, Vol. 80, #2 & 3 , (Spring/ Summer 1995) 260-271.
“Scavenger Bird.” Ploughshares, Vol. 21, No. 1, Gary Soto, guest ed. (Spring, 1995): 94-108.
“Between.” Story (Autumn 1994): 44-55.
“Have You Seen Me?” Antaeus 67 (Autumn 1991): 20-33.
“The Counting Game.” Seventeen (October 1991): 112-124.
“The Blue Hour.” Prism International 29, 2 (January 1991): 63-73.
“The Boy Who Fell Forty Feet.” Stanford Humanities Review (Winter 1991).
“Yellow Tent.” Southwest Review 75, I (Autumn 1990): 539-551.
“The Skyscrapers.” River Styx 31 (Summer 1990): 14-17.
“The Body Shop.” Southern Review 26 (April 1990): 436-448.
“Square Dance.” Story (Autumn 1990): 25-35.
Creative Non-Fiction
“Migrate.” Seneca Review, Special Double Issue on the Lyric Body, eds. Steve Kuusisto, Ralph James Saverese (Spring 2010, Vol. 39, #1-2).
“Gathered.” Why I’m Still Married: Women Write Their Hears Out About Sex, Love, Betrayal, Loss and Who Does the Dishes, Karen Propp and Jean Troustine, eds., (New York: Hudson Street Press/Plume, 2006). 143-156.
“Something to Tell You.” Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Writers Write About the Intense Relationship Between Mothers and Nannies, Gina Hyams, Susan Davis, eds. (New York: Hudson Street Press/Plume, 2006): 99-112.
“The Long Good-bye.” Parenting, August 2005.
“Play.” Self, September 2004.
“Where Imagination Meets Memory,” Wesleyan Magazine, Summer 2004.
“On Being Still.” Self , July 2001. 165-166.
“A Double Kind of Knowing.” Passing the Word: Writers on their Mentors, Jeffrey Skinner and Lee Martin, eds. (Louisville: Sarabande Books, 2001). 125-130.
“Detail Work,” Boston College Magazine, Spring 1999: 33-35.
“Two Baths.” Shendandoah 47/1 (Spring 1997): 62-72.
“Three Mothers.” Boston Review XIX, 2 (April/May 1994): 32-33.
Poetry
“Net.” Tikkun 10, #5 (September/October 1995): 1.
“I Tell Myself.” Boulevard 10, #3 (Fall 1995): 166-167.
Short Fiction/Essays Published in Translation
“The Mourning Door” (in Japanese), The Writer
“Two Baths” (in Japanese). Translation of Best American Essays ’98 (DHC 1999): 250-265.
“Yellow Tent” (in Dutch). Groene Viva (May 1992): 54-57.
“The Body Shop” (in Indonesian). “Voice of America” Radio (January 1992).
“Yellow Tent” (in Norwegian). Kvinner og Klaer (Spring 1992).
“Music for Four Doors” (in Norwegian). Kvinner og Klaer (August 1992).
Criticism/Writing on Craft
“Once Upon a Time: Playing with Time in Fiction”, Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises From Today’s Best Writers and Teachers. SherryEllis, ed., (Tarcher Books/Penguin, 2006).
“Recommendations: Bonnie Burnard and Jose Saramango.” Post Road, Vol. 5 (Autumn, 2002)
“Un Bruit Assourdissant: Entre Mot et Silence dans La Jalousie de Robbe-Grillet” (“A Deafening Racket: Between Word and Silence in Robbe-Grillet’s Jealousy”). Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Foreign Literatures XLIV (Spring 1990): 28-36
Book Reviews
New York Times Book Review, May 22, 2001: Suzanne Berne’s A Perfect Arrangement
Chicago Tribune, April 23, 2000: Francine Prose’s Blue Angel
New York Times Book Review, August 15, 1999: Nikki Gemmell’s Alice Springs.
New York Times Book Review, August 16, 1998: Susan Dodd’s The Mourner’s Bench.
Chicago Tribune, April 12, 1998: Jane Smiley’s The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton.
Chicago Tribune, March 8, 1998: Nancy Lemann’s The Fiery Pantheon.
Chicago Tribune, December 21, 1997: Jonis Agee’s South of Resurrection.
Boston Globe, March 23, 1997: Elizabeth Berg’s Joy School.
