Elizabeth Tallent, Stanford University
Professor
Stanford, California
tallent@stanford.edu
Office:
(650) 723-0031
Bio/Research
Elizabeth Tallent is the author of the novel Museum Pieces and four collections of short stories, In Constant Flight, Time with Children, Honey, and Mendocino Fire. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, Grand Street, The Paris Review, and The Threepenny Review, as well a...
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Bio/Research
Elizabeth Tallent is the author of the novel Museum Pieces and four collections of short stories, In Constant Flight, Time with Children, Honey, and Mendocino Fire. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, Grand Street, The Paris Review, and The Threepenny Review, as well as in The Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, the Pushcart Prize Award, and The Best American Essays. Her teaching has been honored with Stanford's Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award and the Northern California Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa's Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing "the extraordinary gifts, diligence, and amplitude of spirit that mark the best in teaching." In 2009 she was honored with Stanford's Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching. Mendocino Fire is a finalist for the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award. Her memoir Perfectionism is forthcoming from Harper.
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