Carol Anshaw (born March 22, 1946) is an American novelist and short story writer. Publishing Triangle named her debut novel, Aquamarine, one of "The Triangle's 100 Best" gay and lesbian novels of the 1990s.[1] Four of her books have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction,[2][3][4][5] and Lucky in the Corner won the 2003 Ferro-Grumley Award.[6]
Carol Anshaw | |
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| Born | March 22, 1946 Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Language | English |
| Education | Michigan State University (BA) Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA) |
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Jessie Ewing
(m. 1969; div. 1985) |
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Personal life
editCarol Anshaw was born on March 22, 1946, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.[7] Her mother was Virginia Anshaw Stanley and her father was Henry G. Stanley. During Anshaw's childhood and adolescence, her family lived in Michigan and Florida.[8]
Anshaw received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University in 1968. After graduation, she moved to Chicago.[citation needed] She acquired her Master of Fine Arts degree at Vermont College of Fine Arts in 1992.[citation needed]
In 1969, she married Charles White. The couple eventually divorced in 1985.[8]
Since 1996 Anshaw has been partners with the documentary maker and photographer, Jessie Ewing. They were married on May 25, 2014.[9] Now, the couple divides their time between Chicago and Amsterdam.[10]
Career
editAnshaw has been writing fiction since 1972.[9] Her stories have appeared in Story magazine, Tin House, The Best American Stories and Do Me: Tales of Sex and Love from Tin House.[11]
She has published five novels. Her first, the critically acclaimed Aquamarine (1992) explores one life lived on parallel paths.[12][13]
Perhaps Anshaw's most popular novel,Carry the One (2012), has been highly regarded as a portrait of grief and American culture.[14] The novel received warm endorsements from Emma Donoghue and Alison Bechdel.[15] Set mainly in Chicago, Anshaw deftly takes the narrative's point of view from character to character, showing "how time affects relationships, tipping emotional dominoes one way or another within a family or circle of friends."[12]
Her stories have been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories in 1994, 1998, and 2012.
She has won a National Book Critics Circle Citation for Excellence in Reviewing; a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship; an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship; a Carl Sandburg Award, a Ferro-Grumley Award and Society of Midland Authors Award.[11]
Anshaw is also a painter, and is currently working on a sequence of paintings of the English Channel swimmer, Gertrude Ederle. "Walking Through Leaves," her painted biography of the novelist and poet, Vita Sackville-West was put up in November 2013 at Rockford University, Rockford, IL.[16][17][18][19]
Awards
editPublishing Triangle named Aquamarine one of "The Triangle's 100 Best" gay and lesbian novels of the 1990s.[1]
- 1993: Society of Midland Authors Award for Fiction[20] for Aquamarine
- 2003: Ferro-Grumley Award[6] for Lucky in the Corner
- 2013: San Francisco Book Festival for General Fiction[21] for Carry the One
Works
edit- Aquamarine (1992)
- Seven Moves (1996)
- Lucky in the Corner (2002)
- Carry the One (2012)
- Right After the Weather (2019)
Anthology contributions
edit- The Best American Short Stories 1994, edited by Tobias Wolff and Katrina Kenison (1994)
- The Best American Short Stories 1998, edited by Garrison Keillor and Katrina Kenison(1998)
- The Best American Short Stories 2012, edited by Tom Perrotta and Heidi Pitlor (2012)
References
edit- ^ a b "Best Lesbian and Gay Novels". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "5th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 1993-07-14. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ Antonio, Gonzalez Cerna (1997-07-15). "9th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (2003-07-10). "15th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ "25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ a b "The Ferro-Grumley Awards". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "Carol Anshaw" in the U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
- ^ a b Rolle, Elisa (22 March 2015). "Carol Anshaw & Jessie Ewing". Reviews-and-Ramblings. Archived from the original on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ a b "Carol Anshaw & Jessie Ewing". Chicago Gay History. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
- ^ "Carol Anshaw | About". www.carolanshaw.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ a b "The Parlor » Carol Anshaw". 2012-03-16. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ a b Kakutani, Michiko (2012-03-12). "One Death That Haunts Many Lives (Published 2012)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ Coates, Joseph (2 February 1992). "ONE WOMAN - THREE LIVES". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ Straight, Susan (10 March 2012). "'Carry the One' by Carol Anshaw - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ Brownrigg, Sylvia (2012-03-23). "A Wedding and a Funeral (Published 2012)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "Carol Anshaw | Paintings". www.carolanshaw.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ Casper, Monica J. (16 May 2014). "Feminists We Love: Carol Anshaw – The Feminist Wire". The Feminist Wire. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "Carol Anshaw". The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ Lehoczky, Etelka (11 June 2002). "Lucky in Chicago: Carol Anshaw Celebrates Life and Love in the Second City with Her New Novel, Lucky in the Corner". The Advocate.[dead link]
- ^ "Past Winners". The Society of Midland Authors. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ^ "Winners List". San Francisco Book Festival. Retrieved February 23, 2022.