Ander Monson

Ander Monson

Ander Monson is an American novelist and poet.

He was raised in Houghton, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula and received his Bachelor of Arts from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. [According to his [http://otherelectricities.com/neckdeep/propaganda.html bio page] ] .

He went on to earn a MA from Iowa State University and a MFA from the University of Alabama.

Monson's first two books, the novel "Other Electricities" and the poetry collection "Vacationland", were published in 2005. "Other Electricities" was praised widely for its innovative approach, lyric intensity, and grim humor. [Mark Schone, in the [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/books/review/26SCHONEL.html?scp=2&sq=%22ander+monson%22&st=nyt New York Times Review of "Other Electricities"] , calls it "a unique brand of mudroom gothic."] It was awarded the John C. Zacharis prize from the literary journal Ploughshares, and it was a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award in 2006. His nonfiction debut, "Neck Deep and Other Predicaments: Essays" was published in February 2007. It was the second winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, and critically acclaimed for its imaginative reworkings [See [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/books/review/Price2-t.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22ander+monson%22&st=nyt&oref=slogin Matthew Price's review in the New York Times:] ] of the form of the essay. Monson received a Christopher Isherwood Foundation fellowship in 2007, a Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award (for "Neck Deep and Other Predicaments") in 2008, and the Knox College Junior Alumni Achievement Award, also in 2008.

Monson is the editor of the literary magazine "DIAGRAM" and the New Michigan Press. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, and teaches at University of Arizona.

Bibliography

* "Safety Features", New Michigan Press, 1999.
* "Other Electricities", Sarabande Books, 2005.
* "Vacationland", Tupelo Press, 2005.
* "Neck Deep and Other Predicaments: Essays", Graywolf Press, 2007.
* "Our Aperture", New Michigan Press, 2008.

References

External links

* [http://thediagram.com/ DIAGRAM] - literary magazine edited by Ander Monson
* [http://newmichiganpress.com/nmp/ New Michigan Press] - literary magazine edited by Ander Monson
* [http://otherelectricities.com/ Other Electricities] - Monson's personal web site
* [http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2005_08_006260.php Bookslut.com review of Other Electricities]
* [http://www.believermag.com/issues/200608/?read=review_monson Stephen Burt's review of Vacationland in The Believer]


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