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Author Profile Eileen O'Leary and Ancestry Award Saga
Eileen O'Leary, winner of the 2020 John Simmons Short Fiction Award for Ancestry from University of Iowa Press, blends playwriting and novels to shape stories of immigrants and dreamers. She explains how shifting between forms informs voice, and how specific images like whale-song elevators anchor her work. She discusses the award impact, Iowa Press collaboration, and current projects including The Long Rehearsal and a collection of 300 family letters toward future novels.
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John Simmons
University of Iowa Press
O'Leary
New Jersey
Midwest
O’leary
Tom Drury
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Michigan
Mackenzie
Rodge
Adam
Ike
Eileen O'Leary
James O'Leary