Edith Pearlman
Edith Pearlman | |
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 Pearlman in 2012 | |
| Born | Edith Ann Grossman June 26, 1936 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 2023 (aged 86) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
| Occupation | Writer |
Edith Ann Pearlman (née Grossman; June 26, 1936 – January 1, 2023) was an American short story writer.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Pearlman was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where she grew up in a middle-class Jewish neighborhood, the daughter of Edna (Rosen) and Herman Paul Grossman, an ophthalmologist. Her father was born in Ukraine, and her maternal grandparents emigrated from Poland.[2] She graduated from Radcliffe College.[3] She has worked in a computer firm and a soup kitchen and has served in the Town Meeting of Brookline, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
Her non-fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Preservation, and Ploughshares. Her travel writing – about the Cotswolds, Budapest, Jerusalem, Paris, and Tokyo – has been published in The New York Times[4] and elsewhere.
In January 2015, her fifth collection of short stories, Honeydew, was chosen as one of Oprah Winfrey's "top 19 books to read right now".
Personal life and death
[edit]Pearlman lived in Brookline, Massachusetts, with her husband.[5] They had two children.
Pearlman died in Brookline on January 1, 2023, at the age of 86.[2]
Awards and honors
[edit]Source:[6]
- 2014 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize, shortlist, Binocular Vision[7]
- 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Binocular Vision
- 2011 Edward Lewis Wallant Award, Binocular Vision
- 2011 PEN/Malamud Award
- 2011 National Book Award for Fiction, finalist, Binocular Vision
- 2008 Pushcart Prize XXXIII, "Door Psalm"
- 2006 The Best American Short Stories 2006, "Self-Reliance"
- 2003 The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, "The Story"
- 2001 Pushcart Prize XXV, "Mates"
- 2000 The Best American Short Stories 2000, "Allog"
- 1999 The Antioch Review Distinguished Fiction Award
- 1998 The Best American Short Stories 1998, "Chance"
- 1991 Syndicated Fiction Award (from NEA)
- 1987 Syndicated Fiction Award
- 1984 The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, "Conveniences"
- 1978 The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, "Hanging Fire"
Works
[edit]Short story collections
[edit]- Vaquita and Other Stories. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1996. ISBN 9780822962113. Winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize
- Love Among the Greats and Other Stories. Eastern Washington University Press. 2002. ISBN 9780910055802. Winner of Spokane Prize for Literature
- How to Fall: Stories. Sarabande Books. 2005. ISBN 9781932511116. Winner of Mary McCarthy Prize
- Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories. Lookout Books. 2011. ISBN 9780982338292.
- Honeydew: Stories. Little, Brown and Company. 2014. ISBN 9780316297226.
Anthologies
[edit]- Kathleen Coskran; Calvin William Truesdale, eds. (1998). An Inn Near Kyoto: Writing by American Women Abroad. New Rivers Press. ISBN 9780898231816.
- David Farley; Jessie Sholl, eds. (2006). "The Kiss". Prague and the Czech Republic: True Stories. Travelers' Tales. ISBN 9781932361339.
Stories
[edit]| Title | Publication | Collected in |
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| "Which Eleanor Am I?" | Seventeen (May 1969) | - |
| "The Liniments of Love" | Seventeen (September 1969) | - |
| "Ring Out the New" | Seventeen (December 1969) | - |
| "Her Own Kind" | Seventeen (May 1970) | - |
| "One Touch of a Wizard's Wand" | Redbook (August 1972) | - |
| "At Miss Elvira's" | Ingenue (April 1973) | - |
| "Menage" | Carleton Miscellany 15.1 (Fall 1974-Winter 1975) | - |
| "New Year's Eve at the Litvans'" | Ascent 3.1 (Winter 1977) | - |
| "Hanging Fire" | The Massachusetts Review 18.1 (Spring 1977) | Binocular Vision |
| "Sydney" | Ascent 4.1 (Winter 1978) | - |
| "Bun" | Ascent (1980-81) | - |
| "Dreaming" | Ascent (1981) | - |
| "Conveniences" | Ascent 8.1 (Winter 1982) | Honeydew |
| "The Book" | New England Review 4.3 (Spring 1982) | - |
| "The Silent Wound" | Ascent (1983) | - |
| "National Characters" | StoryQuarterly (Spring 1984) | - |
| "Legacy" | Ascent (Fall 1984) | - |
| "Lou in New York" | CrossCurrents 5.2 (Spring 1985) | - |
| "Settlers" | Commentary (January 1986) | Vaquita |
| "Felix's Business" | New England Review/Bread Loaf Quarterly 8.4 (Summer 1986) | |
| "A Family Trait" | Ascent (Spring 1987) | - |
| "Boy Meets Girl" | PEN Syndicated Fiction (Summer 1987) | - |
| "Sunday Suppers" | Other Voices 6/7 (Fall 1987) | - |
| "The Large Lady" | CrossCurrents (Fall 1987) | How to Fall |
| "Art of the Camera" | Oak Square (Fall 1987) | - |
| "Dear Hearts" | Boston Review (February 1988) | - |
| "Their Pride and Joy" | Redbook (May 1988) | - |
| "Hands Across the Sea" | Redstart (June 1988) | - |
| "Protector" | Ascent (Summer 1988) | - |
| "The King of Sweden" | The Alaska Quarterly Review 7.1/2 (Fall 1988-Winter 1989) | - |
| "Swampmaiden" | The Iowa Review 19.1 (Winter 1989) | - |
| "Tongues" | New England Review/Bread Loaf Quarterly 12.2 (Winter 1989) | - |
| "Edict" | Tikkun (March/April 1989) | - |
| "Blanche's Season" | Other Voices 10 (Spring 1989) | - |
| "Their Dan" | The Massachusetts Review 31.4 (Winter 1990) | - |
| "The Folks at Home" | The Iowa Review 20.1 (Winter 1990) | - |
| "June the Twentieth" | Oak Square (Winter 1990) | - |
| "Her Day" | Response (Winter 1990) | - |
| "Eighteen Questions" | The Alaska Quarterly Review 8.3/4 (Spring-Summer 1990) | - |
| "Donna's Heart" | Ascent (Fall 1990) | Vaquita |
| "Brief Lives" | Thema (Fall 1990) | - |
| "The Mid-Day Fairy" | The Fiddlehead 165 (Autumn 1990) | - |
| "The Handkerchief" | Phoebe: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Feminist Scholarship, Theory and Aesthetics 2.2 (Fall 1990) | - |
| "Aunt Irma Adjusts to Her New Surroundings" | Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art 12.3 (1990) | - |
| "The Lives of the Aunts" | The Iowa Review 21.1 (Winter 1991) | - |
| "I Remember You" | CrossCurrents 5.4/6 (Winter 1991) | - |
| "Sweet Counsel" | Gopherwood Review (Winter 1991) | - |
| "Moving Day" | Villager (Winter 1991) | - |
| "Left-Handed Girl" | Thema (Spring 1991) | - |
| "Ledivan's Quest" | Ascent (Summer 1991) | - |
| "Honeymoon" | CrossCurrents (1991) | - |
| "One Not Chosen" | Event (Spring 1992) | - |
| "Some Turbulence" | Sound of Writing (Spring 1992) | - |
| "The Non-Combatant" | The Alaska Quarterly Review 10.3/4 (Spring-Summer 1992) | Vaquita |
| "The Game of the Name" | The Jewish Spectator (Summer 1992) | - |
| "Nate, Dead and Alive" | Emrys Journal (Summer 1992) | - |
| "Going to the Barn" | Gopherwood Review (Summer 1992) | - |
| "Madeleines" | Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art 14.1 (1992) | - |
| "Stranger in the House" | Tikkun 8.1 (January-February 1993) | Vaquita |
| "Binocular Vision" | The Boston Globe (March 21, 1993) | Binocular Vision |
| "Dorothea" | Witness (Spring 1993) | Vaquita |
| "Rehearsals" | Ascent (Spring 1993) | |
| "I Follow My Wife" | The Massachusetts Review 34.1 (Spring 1993) | - |
| "The Cook" | The Alaska Quarterly Review 11.3/4 (Spring-Summer 1993) | Vaquita |
| "All the Things You Are" | Thema (Fall 1993) | - |
| "All Their Sins" | Whetstone (1993) | - |
| "Marlene Tighe Winokaur" | Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art 15.2 (1993) | - |
| "The Thought of You" | Other Voices 20 (Spring 1994) | Love Among the Greats |
| "Worldviews" | Emrys Journal (Spring 1994) | - |
| "Quality Time" | Mothering (June 1994) | - |
| "Day of Awe" aka "To Reach This Season" |
The Alaska Quarterly Review 13.1/2 (Fall 1994-Winter 1995) | Vaquita |
| "Rules" | Witness 8.2 (1994) | How to Fall |
| "Timing" | Magic Realism (Winter 1995) | - |
| "Devil's Trill" | This (Winter 1995) | - |
| "Watching Isabel" | Event (Winter 1995) | - |
| "Sympathizer" | The Massachusetts Review 36.1 (Spring 1995) | - |
| "Swans" | Santa Barbara Review (Summer 1995) | - |
| "Vegetarian Chili" | Happy (Fall 1995) | How to Fall |
| "Inbound" | The Boston Globe (November 26, 1995) | Vaquita |
| "Charity" | Ascent (Spring 1996) | |
| "Allergies" | The Antioch Review 54.4 (Autumn 1996) | - |
| "Cavalier" | Witness 10.2 (1996) | Vaquita |
| "Vaquita" | Vaquita (November 1996) | |
| "The Headwaiter's Son" | ||
| "Afternoons" | ||
| "Fedra's Wings" | Santa Barbara Review (Spring 1997) | - |
| "Abundance" | Widener Review (Summer 1997) | - |
| "Adventures of Henriette" | Whetstone (Summer 1997) | - |
| "Chance" | The Antioch Review 55.4 (Autumn 1997) | Love Among the Greats |
| "Eyesore" | Ascent (Fall 1997) | How to Fall |
| "Poste Restante" | Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art 19.2 (1997) | - |
| "Gaffer's Delights" | The Antioch Review 56.4 (Autumn 1998) | - |
| "A Gentle Heart" | CrossCurrents (Fall 1998) | - |
| "Deliverance" | Ascent 23.1 (Fall 1998) | Honeydew |
| "Home Schooling" | The Alaska Quarterly Review 17.1/2 (Fall 1997-Winter 1998) | How to Fall |
| "The Message" | An Inn in Kyoto: Writing by American Women Abroad (1998) | |
| "Imre's Fate" | Sweet Annie & Sweet Pea Review (1998) | - |
| "ToyFolk" | Ascent (Winter 1999) | Love Among the Greats |
| "Christmas Eve" | Evansville Review (Spring 1999) | - |
| "Accomodators" | The Antioch Review 57.4 (Autumn 1999) | Love Among the Greats |
| "Allog" | Ascent (Fall 1999) | |
| "Rescue" | Bananafish (Fall 1999-Winter 2000) | - |
| "Girl and Marble Boy" | The Atlantic (December 29, 1999) | - |
| "The Shrug" | Witness 13.2 (1999) | - |
| "Fitting" | The Kenyon Review 22.1 (Winter 2000) | Love Among the Greats |
| "End of the World" | Larcom Review (January 2000) | - |
| "The Jigsaw Table" | Yankee (July-August 2000) | Love Among the Greats |
| "Skin Deep" | The Antioch Review 58.4 (Autumn 2000) | - |
| "Mates" | Pleiades (2000) | How to Fall |
| "Finery" | Ascent (2000) | - |
| "Love Among the Greats" | Ascent (Winter 2001) | Love Among the Greats |
| "Neighbors" | Ascent (Fall 2001) | |
| "Unravished Bride" | Pleiades (2001) | Binocular Vision |
| "Trifle" | West Branch (Spring 2002) | How to Fall |
| "The Story" | The Alaska Quarterly Review 19.3/4 (Spring-Summer 2002) | |
| "If Love Were All" | Turnrow 2.1 (Summer 2002) | |
| "On Our Own" | On the Page 8 (Autumn 2002) | - |
| "Big Fish" | Pleiades | Love Among the Greats |
| "Fidelity" | Love Among the Greats (November 2002) | |
| "Tess" aka "Tess's Team" | ||
| "Sonya's Place" | ||
| "Up" | Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Literature and Art 23.3/24.1 (2002) | - |
| "Calvin" | Witness 16.1 (2002) | - |
| "Shenanigans" | Ascent (Winter 2003) | How to Fall |
| "Beau Geste" | Ascent (Fall 2003) | - |
| "Night People" | Northeast Magazine (Fall 2003) | - |
| "Silence" | Hotel Amerika 2.1 (Fall 2003) | - |
| "How to Fall" | Idaho Review 5 (2003) | How to Fall |
| "Dream Children" | Post Road 7 (Fall 2003-Winter 2004) | Honeydew |
| "The Good Life" | Ascent (2003) | - |
| "Madame Guralnik" | Midstream (February-March 2004) | How to Fall |
| "Envy" | Thema 16.1 (Spring 2004) | - |
| "Lost Joy" | Epiphany 1 (Spring-Summer 2004) | - |
| "Prodigal Niece" | The Antioch Review 62.3 (Summer 2004) | - |
| "The Coat" | Idaho Review 6 (2004) | How to Fall |
| "Purim Night" | Witness 18.1 (2004) | |
| "Flip and Marian" | Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Literature and Art 26.2 (2004) | - |
| "Self-Reliance" | Lake Effect 9 (Spring 2005) | Binocular Vision |
| "Granski" | The Antioch Review 63.3 (Summer 2005) | |
| "South Market" | Pakn Treger (Summer 2005) | - |
| "Mimi" | Mid-American Review 26.1 (Fall 2005) | - |
| "Girl in Blue with Brown Bag" | West Branch 57 (Fall 2005-Winter 2006) | - |
| "Signs of Life" | How to Fall (2005) | How to Fall |
| "On Junius Bridge" | Agni 61 (2005) | Binocular Vision |
| "Diplomacy" | Salamander 11.1 (2005/2006) | - |
| "Speak to Me of Love" | Lake Effect 10 (Spring 2006) | - |
| "Aunt Telephone" | The Antioch Review 64.3 (Summer 2006) | Binocular Vision |
| "Life Jackets" | Crab Orchard Review 11.2 (Summer-Fall 2006) | - |
| "Lineage" | Idaho Review 8 (2006) | Binocular Vision |
| "Her Cousin Jamie" | Salamander 12.1 (2006/2007) | Honeydew |
| "Puck" | Ascent 30.2 (Winter 2007) | |
| "Relic and Type" | Pakn Treger (Spring 2007) | Binocular Vision |
| "Elder Jinks" | The Antioch Review 65.4 (Fall 2007) | |
| "The Golden Swan" | The Alaska Quarterly Review 24.3/4 (Fall-Winter 2007) | Honeydew |
| "Cul-de-Sac" | Agni 65 (2007) | |
| "Gifts" | An Intricate Weave, ed. Marlene Miller (2007) | - |
| "The Ministry of Restraint" | Ecotone 7 (Winter 2008) | Binocular Vision |
| "Assisted Living" | Ascent 31.2 (Winter 2008) | Honeydew |
| "Hat Trick" | The Cincinnati Review 4.2 (Winter 2008) | |
| "Snoop" | Lake Effect 12 (Spring 2008) | - |
| "The Little Wife" | Ontario Review 68 (Spring-Summer 2008) | Binocular Vision |
| "Guides" | Ascent (Fall 2008) | - |
| "The Transparent House" | Writecorner Press (2008) | - |
| "First Fruits" | Sonora Review 52 (2008) | - |
| "Exit Nurse" | Superstition Review 3 (Spring 2009) | - |
| "Tale" | The Cincinnati Review 6.1 (Summer 2009) | - |
| "Castle 4" | The Alaska Quarterly Review 26.3/4 (Fall 2009-Winter 2010) | Honeydew |
| "Capers" | Ascent (2009) | Binocular Vision |
| "Jan Term" | Idaho Review 10 (2009) | |
| "It Is I" | VerbSap (Winter 2010) | - |
| "Niche" | The Antioch Review 36.2 (Spring 2010) | - |
| "Big Sister" | The Massachusetts Review 51.2 (Summer 2010) | - |
| "Flowers" aka "Hearts and Flowers" |
The Cincinnati Review 7.1 (Summer 2010) | Honeydew |
| "Vallies" | Ecotone 10 (Fall 2010) | Binocular Vision |
| "Tenderfoot" | Idaho Review 11/12 (2010-2011) | Honeydew |
| "Sentimental Ballads" | Passages North 32.1 (Winter-Spring 2011) | - |
| "Skylight" | Lake Effect 15 (Spring 2011) | - |
| "Honeydew" | Orion (September-October 2011) | Honeydew |
| "S. faux" | The American Scholar 81.1 (Winter 2012) | - |
| "Life Lessons" | The Cincinnati Review 8.2 (Winter 2012) | - |
| "Last Words" | Shenandoah (Winter-Spring 2012) | - |
| "Grossie" | The Antioch Review 70.3 (Summer 2012) | - |
| "Just So" | Virginia Quarterly Review 88.3 (Summer 2012) | - |
| "The Kargman Affliction" | Moment (July 2012) | - |
| "What the Ax Forgets the Tree Remembers" aka "The Ax Forgets, the Tree Remembers" |
Ecotone 14 (Fall 2012) | Honeydew |
| "Stone" | Agni 75 (2012) | |
| "The Gentle Girl" | Iron Horse Review 14.6 (2012) | - |
| "Wait and See" | The American Scholar 82.1 (Winter 2013) | Honeydew |
| "Decorum" | The Antioch Review 71.4 (Fall 2013) | - |
| "The Descent of Happiness" | Epiphany 13 (Fall 2013-Winter 2014) | Honeydew |
| "Blessed Harry" | Harvard Review 44 (2013) | |
| "Exultemus" | Imaginary Oklahoma, ed. Jeff Martin (2013) | - |
| "Sonny" | Fifth Wednesday Journal 14 (Spring 2014) | Honeydew |
| "Fishwater" | Ploughshares 40.2/3 (Fall 2014) | |
| "First Lady" | Idaho Review 14 (2014) | - |
| "Comfort" | The Saturday Evening Post (July-August 2016) | - |
References
[edit]- ^ Edith Pearlman, Author Spotlight, Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories
- ^ a b Chace, Rebecca (January 1, 2023). "Edith Pearlman, Writer Who Won Acclaim Late in Life, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ [1] Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine "Love Among the Greats by Edith Pearlman '57", Radcliffe Quarterly, Summer 2003
- ^ [2] Works by Edith Pearlman, New York Times, "Travel" section
- ^ [3] Edith Pearlman, Poets & Writers, Directory of Writers
- ^ [4] Edith Pearlman website
- ^ "The 2014 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize Shortlist" (Press release). Book Trade. November 27, 2013. Archived from the original on November 30, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
External links
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Categories:
- 1936 births
- 2023 deaths
- American women short story writers
- Radcliffe College alumni
- PEN/Malamud Award winners
- Lincoln School (Providence, Rhode Island) alumni
- Jewish American non-fiction writers
- Jewish American short story writers
- American women travel writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- American travel writers
- Writers from Providence, Rhode Island
- Writers from Brookline, Massachusetts
- National Book Critics Circle Award winners