Alexandra Kleeman(born 1986) is an American writer. Winner of the 2020Rome Prize,[1]her work has been reviewed inThe New York Times,The Guardian,Vanity Fair,Vogue,and theLos Angeles Review of Books.
Alexandra Kleeman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) Berkeley, California,U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, writer |
| Education | Brown University(BA) Columbia University(MFA) |
| Genre | Fiction,short story |
| Notable works | You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine(2015) |
| Notable awards | The Bard Fiction Prize (2016) |
Early life and education
editKleeman was born in Berkeley, California, in 1986 to an American professor of religious studies and a Taiwanese teacher of Japanese literature.[2][3]She grew up in Japan and Colorado.[4]Kleeman studied creative writing and cognitive science atBrown University,and received an MFA fromColumbia Universityin 2012.
Career
editIn 2010 Kleeman'sshort story"Fairy Tale" was published inThe Paris Reviewwhile she was in her first semester of her MFA program.[5]In 2015 herfirst novelYou Too Can Have a Body Like Minewas published.[6][7][8][9][10]You Too Can Have a Body Like Minewas longlisted for both the New York Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize andCenter for Fiction First Novel Prize.[11]Hershort storycollectionIntimationswas published in 2016.[12]Kleeman was the recipient of the 2016 Bard Fiction Prize for promising writers under the age of 40.[13]In August 2021, Hogarth published Kleeman's novelSomething New Under the Sun.[14]
Kleeman teaches writing atThe New Schoolin New York. She previously taught atColumbia University School of the Arts.She has written forThe New Yorker,Paris Review,Harper's,Vogue,Zoetrope,New York Times Magazine,andn+1,among others.
Personal life
editKleeman is married to writerAlex Gilvarryand lives inStaten Island.[15][16]
Bibliography
edit- You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine,Harper, 2015,ISBN9780062388674
- Intimations: Stories,Harper, 2016,ISBN9780062388704
- Something New Under the Sun2021[17]
References
edit- ^"Rome Prize Fellows | American Academy in Rome".www.aarome.org.Retrieved2020-07-26.
- ^"Q&A with author Alexandra Kleeman".The Financial Times.February 10, 2017.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^Bausells, Marta (January 26, 2017)."Alexandra Kleeman: 'Where I grew up, there is a daily sense of your smallness'".The Guardian.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^Wallace-Wells, David (December 16, 2010)."Alexandra Kleeman on" Fairy Tale "".The Paris Review.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^Kleeman, Alexandra (December 12, 2017)."What I Learned After Lorin Stein Published My Story".The Cut.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^Tashjian, Rachel (25 August 2015)."You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine and Our Obsession with Beauty Routines, Diet Diaries, and Chia Seeds".Vanity Fair.Retrieved24 December2015.
- ^Luiselli, Valeria (4 September 2015)."'You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine,' by Alexandra Kleeman ".The New York Times.Retrieved24 December2015.
- ^Sheehan, James (27 August 2015)."Cults, Foam Heads And Other Weird Things Thrive In 'Body Like Mine'".NPR.Retrieved24 December2015.
- ^Singer, maya (August 17, 2015)."Alexandra Kleeman's You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine Is Fight Club for Women".Vogue.RetrievedAugust 4,2018.
- ^Neely-Cohen, Maxwell (August 25, 2015)."Brand Anorexia: Alexandra Kleeman".Los Angeles Review of Books.RetrievedAugust 4,2018.
- ^"National Book Critics Circle: Final Round of John Leonard Award Voting Begins - Critical Mass Blog".bookcritics.org.Archived fromthe originalon January 9, 2016.Retrieved2018-05-27.
- ^Hoby, Hermione (September 23, 2016)."Alexandra Kleeman Writes Like an Alien on an Anthropological Mission to Earth".The New York Times.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^College, Bard."Bard College | Bard Fiction Prize".www.bard.edu.Retrieved2018-05-27.
- ^"Something New Under the Sun".
- ^"Alexandra Kleeman and Alex Gilvarry: Notes from the Reading Life".New York Public Library.June 29, 2018.RetrievedAugust 2,2018.
- ^"Alexandra Kleeman".Columbia - School of the Arts.Retrieved2018-05-27.
- ^Briefly reviewed in theOctober 4, 2021 issueofThe New Yorker,p.67.