Jayne Pupek
Jayne Pupek was an American poet and fiction writer. She wrote and published two collections of poetry: The Livelihood of Crows and Forms of Intercession, and one novel, Tomato Girl, which was called a "wrenching, stunning, and pitch-perfect novel that captures the best of Southern literature's finest storytelling colors" by Library Journal and "an absorbing, unsettling debut" by Publishers Weekly. Writing for the Courier-Journal, critic L. Elisabeth Beattie notes: "Jayne Pupek's first novel puts her among the ranks of Southern masters like McCullers and O'Connor" Pupek's work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and has received multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize. Tomato Girl was also published as an audio book by Recorded Books as part of their Southern Voices Audio Imprint.Publications (partial list)
- The Livelihood of Crows
- Forms of Intercession
- Tomato Girl
Work included in anthologies
- "Tomboy"
- "Some Days"
- "The Awakening"
- "In a Station of the Metro"
- "20 Reason I'm Not Writing Today" and "The Xerox Girls"
Awards and honors
- "Letter to Eli," nominated for the Pushcart Prize
- "Ghost Child", nominated for Best of the Web 2007
- "Tomato Girl," listed on Overbooked's hotlist for New and Notable Fiction for 2008
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