Peter LaSalle
Encyclopedia
Life
He graduated from Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, and the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
with an M.A. in 1972.
His work appeared in the AGNI, Antioch Review, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Tin House, Virginia Quarterly Review.
He teaches at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
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Awards
- 2006 American Book AwardAmerican Book AwardThe American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
for Tell Borges If You See Him - 2007 Flannery O'Connor Award for Tell Borges If You See Him
Works
- "The Christmas Bus", Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 2000
- "Secrets of Sweet Baby Jesus", Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 1989
- "The Latin Ice Kings", Virginia Quarterly Review, Autumn 1998