Leopoldine Core
Leopoldine Core | |
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| Born | 1984 or 1985 (age 40–41) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Hunter College |
| Notable awards | Whiting Award in Fiction (2015) |
Leopoldine Core (born 1984/1985)[1] is an American poet and short story writer. She has published a poetry collection, Veronica Bench (2015), and a short story collection, When Watched (2016). She is a winner of the Whiting Award in Fiction, as well as a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Core was born in the East Village, Manhattan,[2] and raised in a railroad apartment nearby Tompkins Square Park.[1] She graduated from Hunter College, and she planned to be a therapist afterwards before finding herself, as she recalled, "too emotional to have that job".[1] She subsequently decided to go into writing.[1] She was a 2012 Center for Fiction Emerging Writers Fellow and a 2012 Fine Arts Work Center Fellow.[3]
In 2015, Core published her debut book-length poetry collection Veronica Bench.[4] That same year, she won a Whiting Award in Fiction.[5]
In 2016, Core published her first short story collection, When Watched;[6] the book's nineteen stories focus on "a similar cast of downtown types" similar to Core's own artist friends from her Manhattan upbringing.[1] Steph Eckhardt of W said that "if 'write what you know' is creative writing’s biggest axiom, Core has become its biggest disciple",[1] while Alexandra Kleeman of The New York Times subsequently drew comparisons with Jane Bowles, William S. Burroughs, and Mary Gaitskill.[6]
Core's story "Hog for Sorrow" was featured in The Best American Short Stories 2017.[7] In 2017, she was honored as one of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35.[8] She was a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel[9] and the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction.[10]
Core cites Mark Gonzales' Non Stop Poetry, Nella Larsen's Passing, and Jenny Zhang's Hags as her inspirations.[11]
Core is dyslexic.[12] She was once in a relationship with poet Eileen Myles.[1]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Veronica Bench (2015)[4][13]
- When Watched (2016)[6][14][15]
References
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