Lori Jakiela is an American author of memoirs and poetry. She won Stanford University's William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for non-fiction for her third memoir, Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth Maybe, in 2016.[1][2]

Education and career

Jakiela was raised in Trafford, Pennsylvania and attended Gannon University.[3] She is a professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg,[4] and has also taught at Chatham University and served as co-director of the Chautauqua Institution's Summer Writers Festival.[5]

Recognition

Jakiela won Stanford University's William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for non-fiction for her third memoir, Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth Maybe, in 2016.[1][2] She was awarded a City of Asylum residency in Belgium in 2015.[6]

She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.[1]

Personal life

Jakiela has worked as a flight attendant and as a newspaper reporter, including The New York Times. the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Washington Post. She is married to novelist Dave Newman.[6]

Selected works

Memoir

  • Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe (Atticus Books, 2015; Autumn House Press, 2019)[2][7]
  • The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious (C&R Press, 2013)[8]
  • Miss New York Has Everything (Hatchette 2006)[9]

Essays

  • Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker: Essays on Work and the Writing Life (Bottom Dog Press, 2017)[10]
  • Ed. by M.J. Fievre. All that Glitters: A Sliver of Stone Anthology (Lominy Books, 2013)
  • Ed by Sheryl St. Germain and Margaret Whitford. Between Song and Story: Essays for the 21st Century (Autumn Press House, 2011)
  • Ed. by Elizabeth Penfield. Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition (Pearson)
  • Ed. by Lee Gutkind. Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know about Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction (W.W. Norton, 2008)
  • Ed. by Dinty Moore. The Truth of the Matter: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction (Pearson, 2006)

Poetry

  • Spot the Terrorist (Turning Point 2012)
  • The Regulars (Liquid Paper Press, 2001)
  • Red Eye (Pudding House, 2010)
  • The Mill Hunk's Daughter Meets the Queen of Sky (Finishing Line, 2011)
  • Big Fish (Stranded Oak Press, 2016)[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2016 nonfiction winner". Stanford Libraries. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  2. 1 2 3 DiPerna, Jody (September 9, 2019). "Pittsburgh Author Gets Re-Release Of Award-Winning 2016 Memoir". Pittsburgh Current.
  3. ↑ "A closer look: Lori Jakiela". University Times. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  4. ↑ Jones Susan. "Blum, Shekhar named to lead search committee for new chancellor." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University Times, University of Pittsburgh, August 24, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Lori Jakiela". University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  6. 1 2 Carpenter, Mackenzie (2015-01-19). "Trafford writer wins City of Asylum residency in Belgium". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  7. ↑ Reviews of Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe:
  8. ↑ Reviews of The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious:
  9. ↑ Reviews of Miss New York Has Everything:
  10. ↑ Reviews of Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker:
  11. ↑ Review of Big Fish:
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