Creative Writing

Rebecca Lee

associate professor
Kenan Hall 1228 | 910.962.3266 | leer@uncw.edu

Background

MFA, University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1992
BA, St. Olaf College, 1989

Publications

Bobact

The City is a Rising Tide

Bobcat and Other Stories (2012)

The City is a Rising Tide (2006)

"Fialta," Zoetrope, May 2000
"The Banks of The Vistula," Atlantic Monthly, May 1997
"Min," Atlantic Monthly, 1995
"The Jerusalem Syndrome," Atlantic Monthly, November 1995
"Radioactive and Here to Stay," Outside, September 1994
"Slatland," Atlantic Monthly, December 1993
"Sailing The Brain," Chicago Tribune, September 1992

Awards & Fellowships

Danuta Gleed Literary Award, 2012
National Magazine Award, for "Fialta," 2001
Bunting Fellowship, Harvard University, 2001-2002
Michener Fellowship, Iowa Writers Workshop, 1997

Praise for 'Bobcat':

The Story Prize 2013 Finalist

Barnes & Noble 2013 'Discover' Award Finalist in Fiction

Oprah Book of the Week

Amazon.com Best Book of the Month

NPR Best Book of the Year

Powell's Best Book of the Century

New York Times front page Arts review

Charlotte Observer book review

Publishers Weekly interview

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