(精选)英美短篇小 说Unit 23 Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta课件.pptVIP

Unit 23Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta ___Kate Braverman Kate Braverman (born 1950 Philadelphia) is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She was raised in Los Angeles, which is the focus for much of her writing. Kate Braverman is a poet and experimental writer of a singular and ruthless breed. She is author of four books of poetry, the novels: Lithium for Medea, Palm Latitudes, Wonders of the West, and The Incantation of Frida K. Her Graywolf Prize for Creative Non-Fiction award winning memoir, Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir was published in Feb. 2006.  Life Awards Works Author Interview Kates short-story Mrs. Jordans Summer Vacation won Editors Choice Raymond Carver Award. She received a Pushcart Prize for her short story, Cocktail Hour. Other awards include the 2005 Mississippi Review Prize, a Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship for lifetime recognition of achievement. Most Recently Kate has won the Margie J. Wilson Poetry Prize from Margie Review. Kate has also received a Recongition Award from the California Legislature Assembly, and a San Francisco Public Library Honoree. Her certificate reads: For your success as an influential novelist, short story writer, and poet, and for your literary acheivements that have garnered great acclaim, numerous awards and a Pushcart Prize, thereby making California a better place to live. Works Novels Lithium for Medea(1979).. Kate Palm Latitudes(1988). The Incantation of Frida K (2001). ? Short Stories Squandering the Blue(1990).? Small Craft Warnings. (1998). Poetry Lullaby for sinners(1981). ? Postcard from August(1990). Memoir Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir(2006). Author Interview Looking back was there something in particular that helped you to decide to become a writer? Growing up as a marginalized girl child of the secret dirty city of Los Angeles, as slippage deep within a colossus of yellow