English Department Faculty
Elizabeth Graver
Professor
Elizabeth Graver
M.F.A.
Contact
Stokes Hall S439
Telephone: 617-552-4154
Email: graver@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- B.A., Wesleyan University
- M.F.A., Washington University
Research Interests
Creative Writing; Fiction; Non-Fiction; Contemporary Literatures of Migration; Literary Historical Fiction; Women's Studies.听
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Department
Biography
Elizabeth Graver is co-director of the Creative Writing Concentration and teaches fiction and nonfiction writing workshops, including 鈥淎dvanced Fiction Workshop,鈥� 鈥淲riting About Place,鈥� and 鈥淲riting Across Cultures.鈥� She also teaches in the Core and offers contemporary literature electives, most recently with a focus on American immigrant literatures. She is the founder of Fiction Days and has brought many writers to campus, including John Banville, Edwidge Danticat, Anne Enright,听Gish Jen,听Dina Nayeri, Zadie Smith, and Ocean Vuong.听
Elizabeth Graver's听novel,听Kantika, is forthcoming in April 2023 from Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt.听听Her fourth novel,听The End of the Point, was long-listed for the 2013 National Book Award in fiction. Her other novels are听Awake,听The Honey Thief, and听Unravelling. Her story collection,听Have You Seen Me?, won the 1991 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Her work has been anthologized in听Best American Short Stories听(1991, 2001);听Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards听(1994, 1996, 2001),听The Pushcart Prize Anthology听(2001), and听Best American Essays听(1998). She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, the Yaddo Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. For a detailed bibliography, please see her听.
Selected Publications
Books
- Kantika听(forthcoming, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt, 2023)
- The End of the Point听(Harpercollins, 2013)
- Awake (Henry Holt, 2004)
- The Honey Thief听(Hyperion, 1999)
- Unravelling听(Hyperion, 1997)
- Have You Seen Me?听(Ecco Press, 1993)
Links
- (Catapult, May 2021)听
- ""听(Harvard Review,听March 2020)
- ""听(Public Books, 5/2/2019)
- Tablet听(October 26,听2016)
- 听(Gastronomica Magazine, July, 2012)
- 听(艾可直播 College Magazine, Fall 2010).