Biography

Paul Lisicky grew up in Cherry Hill

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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. He earned both Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in English from Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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, then received his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

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 Writers' Workshop

Iowa Writers' Workshop

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. While a student at Iowa, he won a National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

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 Fellowship. He also received awards from the James Michener/Copernicus Society, the Henfield Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, where he was twice a winter Fellow. He is the author of the novel "Lawnboy," the memoir "Famous Builder" and two forthcoming books: "The Burning House" (a novel, 2011) and "Unbuilt Projects" (short prose pieces, 2012).

He has taught creative writing at Cornell University

Cornell University

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, The University of Houston

University of Houston

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, Antioch University

Antioch University

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, Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...

, Rutgers-Newark

Rutgers-Newark

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 and New York University

New York University

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, in addition to summer writing programs including the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Nebraska Summer Writers Conference, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Indiana Summer Writers Conference.

He currently lives in New York City

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. His husband since 1995 is poet Mark Doty

Mark Doty

Mark Doty is an American poet and memoirist.-Biography:He was born in Maryville, Tennessee, earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and received his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Goddard College in Vermont.In 1989, his partner Wally Roberts tested...

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External links

• Writers on the Edge: Paul Lisicky
• Review of Lawnboy from the Austin Chronicle
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• Interview with Windy City Times
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