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Nancy Zafris

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Bio

Nancy Zafris is the series editor for the Flannery O’Connor Award for short fiction, a position she took after nine years as fiction editor of The Kenyon Review. Her other books include The People I Know, Lucky Strike, and The Home Jar. She is the recipient of many awards, two National Endowment for the Arts grants and has taught at many universities, including Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic as a Fulbright Fellow. Each June she teaches at the Kenyon Review Adult Summer Workshop, where she is also associate director.

Nancy Zafris Books

Growing Up book cover

Growing Up

Ethan Laughman
A Day’s Pay book cover

A Day’s Pay

Ethan Laughman
Down on the Sidewalk book cover

Down on the Sidewalk

Ethan Laughman
The Slow Release book cover

The Slow Release

Ethan Laughman
The Metal Shredders book cover

The Metal Shredders

Nancy Zafris
The People I Know book cover

The People I Know

Nancy Zafris
The Home Jar: Stories book cover

The Home Jar: Stories

Nancy Zafris
Stories from the Flannery O'Connor Award book cover

Stories from the Flannery O'Connor Award

Nancy Zafris
Lucky Strike book cover

Lucky Strike

Nancy Zafris
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