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The Phototropic Woman, 1981
Thomas, Annabel, 1929-
Grumbach, Doris
1981
University of Iowa Press
Iowa City, Iowa
Annabel Thomas considers herself something of a recluse, "except when my four children arrive home from college with dirty laundry and ideas rampant." She sings, plays the guitar, rides her bicycle down the country roads near Ashley, Ohio, and writes unceasingly. When asked about the geography behind her unique vision, she tells of the Appalachian Hills where her parents lived of Columbus, Ohio, where she grew up, earned her B.A. from Ohio State University, and wrote for The Columbus Citizen-Journal and of her life now in the small farm community where she has helped her husband in his veterinary practice. "I grew up with one foot in the modern urban 'flatlands' and the other in rural, primitive hill country. I believe the pull of different cultures resulted in a sort of double vision, a feeling of standing outside my own times, looking on from a distance." Thomas wrote poetry when she was five and her first novel when she was ten. She has published 26 stories, two of which were selected for O. Henry Prize Stories. -- Back cover.
Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction: 1981 Judge: Doris Grumbach
English
The Iowa Short Fiction Award & John Simmons Short Fiction Award
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Iowa Short Fiction Award
164 pages
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