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Kyle Minor (born 1976) is an American writer. Born and raised in Florida, Minor lived in Ohio and Kentucky before settling in Indiana. He studied writing at The Ohio State University, where he was a three-time honoree in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' Student Writing Awards〔"The Atlantic Monthly is pleased to announce...". ''The Atlantic Monthly, ''2005, Retrieved July 30, 2013.〕 and a winner of the 2012 Iowa Review Prize for Short Fiction and Random House's Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers contest, and at the Iowa Writers' Workshop,〔Miller, Nicholas, "The Iowa Writers' Workshop," ''Iowa City Only, ''May 13, 2013, Retrieved July 30, 2013.〕 where he reported on the 2012 United States presidential election for ''Esquire''.〔"Iowa and the Too-Easy Magic of the Battleground," Esquire, November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2013.〕 Minor has taught creative writing and literature at various schools, including The Ohio State University, the University of Toledo, Capital University, and Gotham Writers Workshop. He is currently an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. His debut collection of short fiction, ''In the Devil's Territory'', which was described as being about how "personal secrets always exact a terrible price" in a review at the Boston Phoenix,〔MacLaughlin, Nina, "Kyle Minor's Book of Secrets," ''The Boston Phoenix'', Feb. 25, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2013.〕 included the novella ''A Day Meant to Do Less,'' which was chosen by George Pelecanos for Houghton Mifflin's ''Best American Mystery Stories 2008'' anthology. His stories and essays also appear in literary journals including ''Esquire'', ''Southern Review'', ''Gettysburg Review'', and ''Gulf Coast'', and he writes a biweekly column for Salon.com.〔http://www.salon.com/writer/kyle_minor/〕 His second collection of short fiction, ''Praying Drunk'', was called an "often dazzling, emotional, funny, captivating puzzle" by ''Publishers Weekly''.〔"Fiction Review: Praying Drunk" in Publishers Weekly, July 2013, Retrieved July 30, 2013.〕 In January 2015, it was awarded The Story Prize Spotlight Award, which honors a short story collection worthy of additional attention.〔http://www.thestoryprize.blogspot.com/2015/01/praying-drunk-by-kyle-minorthis-years.html〕 ==Bibliography== *''Praying Drunk'' (short fiction, Sarabande Books, 2014) *''In the Devil's Territory'' (short fiction, Dzanc Books, 2008) *''The Other Chekhov'' (editor, with Okla Elliott, New American Press, 2008) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kyle Minor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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