Anthony Marra
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Chechnya, a short story, in Fall 2009
- Typhoon, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2009–2010
- The Palace of the People, a short story, in Winter 2011
- Granddaughters, a short story, in Winter 2011
- Chechnya, a narrative outloud - audio, in Spring 2011
- Chechnya, a reading - video, in Narrative Backstage
- Reading Hrabal, an essay, in Winter 2013
- The Landfill, a novel excerpt, in Stories of the Week: 2012–2013
Anthony Marra grew up in Washington, DC, and has lived and studied in Russia. His story “Chechnya” won First Place in Narrative’s Spring 2009 Story Contest and received both a Pushcart Prize and the Narrative Prize in 2010. His work has appeared in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012, and in 2013 Marra received the prestigious Whiting Writers’ Award. His debut novel is entitled A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Random House, 2013). Marra is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.