C.E. Morgan
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C. E. Morgan is an American author born in 1976. The author of the novel All the Living (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), she was a recipient of the National Book Foundations 5 under 35 award and a 2010 Lannan Literary Fellowship. In 2010, she was also named by The New Yorker
magazine as one of America’s 20 Best Writers Under 40.
As an undergraduate, Morgan studied voice at Berea College
, a tuition-free labor college for students from poor and working-class backgrounds in Appalachia
. In exchange for a free education, all students work for the college while enrolled. Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School
, where she studied literature and religion. She wrote All the Living while at Harvard. She lives in Kentucky.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
magazine as one of America’s 20 Best Writers Under 40.
As an undergraduate, Morgan studied voice at Berea College
Berea College
Berea College is a liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky , founded in 1855. Current full-time enrollment is 1,514 students...
, a tuition-free labor college for students from poor and working-class backgrounds in Appalachia
Appalachia
Appalachia is a term used to describe a cultural region in the eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in the U.S...
. In exchange for a free education, all students work for the college while enrolled. Morgan also attended Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The School's mission is to train and educate its students either in the academic study of religion, or for the practice of a religious ministry or other public...
, where she studied literature and religion. She wrote All the Living while at Harvard. She lives in Kentucky.