Peter LaSalle

Peter LaSalle (born 1947) is an American short story writer and novelist.

Life

He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in 1969, and the University of Chicago with an M.A. in 1972.

His books include the novels Mariposa's Song and Strange Sunlight, the short story collections Tell Borges If You See Him , Hockey Sur Glace, The Graves of Famous Writers, and What I Found Out About Her, and a collection of essays on literary travel, The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling.

His fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such as Agni,^[1] Antioch Review,^[2] Paris Review,^[3] Tin House, New England Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Yale Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, and others. His essays, articles, and book reviews have appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, Worldview, Commonweal, The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Los Angeles Times, and others.

He teaches at the University of Texas at Austin,^[4][5] where he is the Susan Taylor McDaniel Regents Professor in Creative Writing in the Department of English and a resident faculty member at the Michener Center for Writers.

Awards

• Flannery O'Connor Award for Tell Borges If You See Him
• Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction for What I Found Out About Her
• The Antioch Review Award for Distinguished Prose
• O. Henry Award
• National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship

Works

Books

• The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling. 2015. ISBN 978-1938103209.
• What I Found Out About Her: Stories of Dreaming Americans. 2014. ISBN 978-0-268-03392-7.
• Mariposa's Song, a novel. 2012. ISBN 978-0-89672-743-4.
• Tell Borges If You See Him: Tales of Contemporary Somnambulism. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8203-2998-7.
• Hockey Sur Glace: Stories. 1996. ISBN 978-1-55821-505-4.
• Strange Sunlight, a novel. 1984. ISBN 978-0-932012-87-6.
• The Graves of Famous Writers, and Other Stories. 1980. ISBN 978-0-8262-0287-1.

Anthologies

• Paul Theroux, Jason Wilson, eds. (2014). The Best American Travel Writing 2014. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
• Nancy Zafris, ed. (2013). Stories from the Flannery O'Connor Award: A 20th Anniversary Anthology (e-book). University of Georgia Press.
• James Thomas, D. Seth Horton, eds. (2011). The Best of the West 2011: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. University of Texas Press.
• Bill Buford, Jason Wilson, eds. (2010). The Best American Travel Writing 2010. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
• Gorge Pelecanos, Otto Penzler, eds. (2008). The Best American Mystery Stories 2008. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
• Peter Stine, Doug Hagley, eds. (2008). The Best of Witness 1987-2004. Michigan State University Press.
• Jeff VanderMeer, Anne Vandermeer, eds. (2007). The Best American Fantasy 2007. Prime Books.
• Don Graham, eds. (2007). Literary Austin. Texas Christian University Press.
• Judith Taylor, Nickole Brown, eds. (2003). Airfare: Stories, Poems, and Essays on Flight. Sarabande Books.
• Paul D. Staudohar, ed. (2003). More Sports Best Short Stories. Chicago Review Press.
• Don Graham, ed. (2003). Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande. W. W. Norton & Company.
• Paul D. Staudohar, ed. (2003). Sports Best Short Stories. Chicago Review Press.
• Kirby Gann, Kristin Herbert, eds. (2001). A Fine Excess: Contemporary Literature at Play. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1-889330-51-8.
• Bruce Emra, ed. (2001). Sports in Literature. Chicago: National Textbook Company.
• Peter Stine, ed. (1995). Sports in America. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2557-5.
• Jay Jennings, ed. (1995). Tennis and the Meaning of Life: A Literary Anthology of the Game. Breakaway Books (Harcourt Brace, paper). ISBN 978-1-55821-378-4.
• Alexander Blackburn, Kenneth Pellow, eds. (1993). Higher Elevations: A Writers Forum Anthology. Swallow/Ohio University Press.
• William Abrahams, ed. (1991). Prize Stories 1991: The O. Henry Awards. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-41513-2.
• James Thomas, Denise Thomas, eds. (1991). The Best of the West 4: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-30793-1.
• George P. Garrett, Sheila McMillen, eds. (1990). Eric Clapton's Lover and Other Stories from the Virginia Quarterly Review. University of Virginia Press.
• Don Graham, ed. (1986). South by Southwest: 24 Stories from Modern Texas. University of Texas Press.
• Joyce Carol Oates, Shannon Ravenel, eds. (1979). The Best American Short Stories 1979. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

References

1. http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/P/Peter-LaSalle.html
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=HvgDAAAAYAAJ&q=o+henry+award+peter+lasalle&dq=o+henry+award+peter+lasalle&lr=&ei=sdjsStXKGozKNZiPnZsM
3. http://www.parisreview.com/viewissue.php/prmIID/132
4. http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/english/creative-writing/faculty.html
5. http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/english/faculty/profiles/la-salle-peter-n.html

External links

• "An Interview with Peter LaSalle", Bookslut, March 2008