A Private State

A Private State (1997) is a collection of short stories by Charlotte Bacon. It won the Ernest Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (1998), and the Associated Writing Programs Award for Short Fiction (1996).[1] A story from the collection "Live Free or Die," won the 1996 Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Award for Best Short Story.[1]

Reception

Writing in the New York Times Book Review, Lisa Zeidner, a professor of English at Rutgers University, said:

Bacon is attempting to produce exciting fiction about essentially unexciting and predictable lives -- a surprisingly difficult task. It's hard to get the balance right between dailiness and drama. Readers may occasionally wish that these women and Bacon's stories took more chances. She often succeeds.[2]

Editions

  • Charlette Bacon. A Private State, University of Massachusetts Press, 1997. ISBN 1-55849-114-7

References

  1. 1 2 Staff writer (November 3, 1997). "Private State -Awp". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ Lisa Zeidner (March 1, 1998). "Frequent Fliers". New York Times Book Review. Retrieved December 17, 2012.


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