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Dr. Lisa Graley is one of two authors to receive this year小蝌蚪APP檚 award, which is presented by the 小蝌蚪APP of Georgia Press. Anne Raeff of San Francisco is the other recipient.
UGA Press will publish Graley小蝌蚪APP檚 小蝌蚪APP淭he Current that Carries小蝌蚪APP and Raeff小蝌蚪APP檚 小蝌蚪APP淭he Jungle Around Us小蝌蚪APP in fall 2016.
Graley小蝌蚪APP檚 book of poetry, 小蝌蚪APP淏ox of Blue Horses,小蝌蚪APP was published in 2013. Her short stories have appeared in 小蝌蚪APP淕limmer Train Stories小蝌蚪APP and the 小蝌蚪APP淢cNeese Review.小蝌蚪APP
She earned the UL Lafayette Foundation小蝌蚪APP檚 Ray P. Authement Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010 and was granted an Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars sabbatical in 2009小蝌蚪APP10 by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
A press release posted on the UGA Press website cites comments on Graley小蝌蚪APP檚 forthcoming book made by Flannery O小蝌蚪APP機onnor series editor Nancy Zafris: 小蝌蚪APP 小蝌蚪APP楾he Current That Carries小蝌蚪APP gifts us with stories about the diversity of rural life. A grandfather takes out his shotgun to stop wannabe gangbangers, only to discover one of the boys is his grandson. A widower befriends a young man trying to cope with his wife小蝌蚪APP檚 departure, the poisoning of his dogs, and the closing in each night of braver and braver coyotes.
小蝌蚪APP淔lannery O小蝌蚪APP機onnor commented that the more you study a single object, the more of the world you see in it. Nothing could better describe the relentless focus of these stories whose unwavering trueness of observation is softened by a tender heart. These stories cast a spell that cannot be undone.小蝌蚪APP
Lisa Graley photo by Chelsea Ellison