Amy Feltman
Amy Feltman is a novelist and short-story writer. She currently writes for Poets & Magazines in Astoria, New York.[1]
Education
Feltman graduated from Vassar College in 2010 in Dutchess County, New York[2] She earned her MFA at Columbia University before becoming involved in the Creative Writing Teaching Fellowship program[3].
Career
Feltman's short stories, both fiction and non-fiction, have been published on various literary websites including Lilith Magazine[4], The Sonder's Review[5], and The Rumpus[6]
In 2016, Feltman's short story “Speculoos” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize[1], and was a finalist in Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for Writers in November 2015[7] Willa and Hesper was published by Grand Central Publishing in 2019[8].
Willa and Hesper
Willa and Hesper (published by Grand Central Publishing) debuted in 2019 and was met with acclaim from The New York Times.[9], Publishers Weekly[10], and Kirkus Reviews[11]. She has also been commended by authors Crystal Hana Kim and Angelica Baker[8]
The novel details the lives of two exes searching for meaning within their own family histories after their breakup. Willa finds value in viewing her Jewish heritage and faith, while Hesper learns about Tbilisi culture and her grandfather's hidden past.[9]. The novel takes part in Lesbian Literature and Jewish Fiction[10], as well as exploring themes of queerness, mental illness[12], and the political turmoil of the 2016 American election[6]. Willa's story is closely tied to Feltman's experience dealing with the remnants of the Holocaust and the struggle to remain religiously faithful in a modern world[6]
As of 2020, Feltman is currently working on a new novel dealing with “PTSD... trauma from current events... gender identity and an engagement with class issues”.[6]
Bibliography
Short Stories
- "Baby Pet"
- "The Secret Side of Crohn's Disease"
- "Smelling of Apples"
- "Speculoos"
- "Spring"
- "Turnip"
- "Void"[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zaid, Hilary (March 22, 2019). "Amy Feltman". Jewish Book Council. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "'Willa and Hesper' by Amy Feltman". VassarConnects. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Amy Feltman- Instructor and Writer". Catapult. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Smelling of Apples". Lilith. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Stiehler, Elena (January 28, 2015). "The Sonders Review- Issue Two". The Sonders. Issue Two: 13–14.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kim, Crystal Hana (January 7, 2019). "Heartbreak and Hair Dye: Talking with Amy Feltman". The Rumpus. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Short Story Award Top-25". www.glimmertrain.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 FELTMAN, AMY (2020). WILLA & HESPER. GRAND CENTRAL PUB. ISBN 978-1-5387-1255-9. OCLC 1105303182. Search this book on
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Greenberg, Zoe (February 22, 2019). "Their Romance Dissolved. So the Heroines of This Novel Seek Their Roots". The New York Times. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Willa & Hesper". Publisher's Weekly. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Willa & Hesper". Kirkus. February 5, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Flung Out of Space: Amy Feltman's 'Willa & Hesper' is a Complicated Queer Love Story for Our Time". Pages + Bones. January 11, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Fiction and Non-Fiction". Amy Feltman. Unknown parameter
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