Mark brazaitis biography

Mark Brazaitis is the author of eight books, including The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala, winner of the 1998 Iowa Short Fiction Award, The Incurables: Stories, winner of the 2012 Richard Sullivan Prize and the 2013 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award in Prose, Julia & Rodrigo, winner of the 2012 Gival Press.
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A former Peace Corps Volunteer and technical trainer, he is a professor of English at West Virginia University, where he directs the Creative Writing Program.

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Mark Brazaitis

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Mark Brazaitis is the author of five books, including The Incurables: Stories, winner of the 2012 Richard Sullivan Prize from the University of Notre Dame Press. Stories in the collection originally appeared in Ploughshares, The Sun, Confrontation, Cimarron Review, Post Road, and the Notre Dame Review. About The Incurables, Kay Redfield Jamison said, "The stories are wry, compassionate, and provide a deep understanding of the strengths and frailties of human nature and the ways in which individuals play out the hard cards they are dealt." Brazaitis' book of poems, The Other Language, won the 2008 ABZ Press First Book Prize, judged by Heather McHugh. Poems in the collection first appeared in The Sun, Witness, Notre Dame Review, Poetry East, Poetry International, and other literary magazines. One of the poems in the collection, "Soccer Until Dusk," is featured in Uncommon Journeys, a publication of the Peace Corps, and on the Peace Corps World Wise Schools' Web site. Brazaitis is als

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Brazaitis, Mark

BRAZAITIS, Mark. American, b. 1966. Genres: Novellas/Short stories. Career:Peace Corps volunteer, Santa Cruz Verapaz, Guatemala, 1990-93; Bowling GreenJunior High School, Bowling Green, OH, creative writing instructor, 1993-94; Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, English instructor, 1993-95; Farmer-to-Farmer program, U.S. AID, Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, technical consultant, 1995; World Learning Center, Santa Lucia Milpas Altas, Guatemala, technical trainer, 1995-96; Helene Fuld College of Nursing, NYC, adjunct English professor, 1996-; Fordham University, Bronx, NY, adjunct English professor, 1998-. Publications:The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala, 1998. Contributor of short stories to publications. Contributor of poems to periodicals. Contributor of articles to newspapers and publications. Address: 5483 30th St. NW, Washington, DC 20015, U.S.A.

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Mark Brazaitis

Mark Brazaitis was born in East Cleveland, Ohio, and is the author of five books of stories, two novels, a book of poems, and the script to the award-winning Peace Corps film How Far Are You Willing to Go to Make a Difference? A former Peace Corps Volunteer and technical trainer, he currently teaches English and is the former director of the Creative Writing Program at West Virginia University. He is also the former Deputy Mayor of Morgantown, WV where he lives with his wife and two children.

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He went to Wilson High School in DC, and later worked for the Department of Agriculture.

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Winner of the 1998 Iowa Short Fiction Prize for The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala, Brazaitis now offers a debut novel that returns to a hardscrabble Central American landscape for a vividly drawn tragicomedy. Carlton James, an American ex-pat in Guatemala, is a short, balding, small-time pickpocket/swindler working the tourist hotels of Panajachel. He