Elissa Schappell

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Elissa Schappell is an American novelist, short-story writer, editor and essayist. She was a co-founder and editor of the literary magazine Tin House.

Writing career

Schappell graduated from New York University with an MFA in creative writing.{{cite web|author= |url=http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/object/cwp.faculty.elissaschappell |title= Creative Writing Program - Elissa Schappell |publisher=New York University |date= |access-date=2011-11-22}} Her first job in publishing was with Spy magazine in the 1980s.{{cite web |last1=Hogan |first1=Ron |title=Elissa Schappell |url=http://www.beatrice.com/interviews/schappell |website=Beatrice |access-date=22 January 2021}}

Schappell's first book of fiction, Use Me, a collection of 10 linked short stories, was published in 2000 by William Morrow, and was runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} A second book of fiction, Blueprints for Building Better Girls, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2011.{{cite news |last1=Kaczor |first1=Gwenda |title=A doll's house |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2011/09/04/review_of_blueprints_for_building_better_girls_by_elissa_schappell |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=The Boston Globe |date=4 September 2011}} It was chosen as a "Best Book of the Year" by The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal Newsweek/The Daily Beast, and O, The Oprah Magazine.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Schappell's articles, fiction, interviews and essays have been published in magazines including GQ, Vogue, Spin, BOMB, One Story and Nerve.{{cite web |title=Pigeon Pages Interview with Elissa Schappell |url=https://pigeonpagesnyc.com/elissa-schappell-qa |website=Pigeon Pages |access-date=22 January 2021}} She has written book reviews for The New York Times, Bookforum, and The Daily Telegraph.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/books/review/16SCHAPPE.html |title= 'Prep': Blue Blazers and Lacrosse |work=The New York Times |date=2005-01-16 |access-date=2011-11-22}} She was the longtime author of the "Hot Type" book column in Vanity Fair, where she is also a contributing editor.{{cite news |last1=Rudick |first1=Nicole |title=Remembering Tin House, a Literary Haven for 'Brilliant Weirdos' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/books/tin-house-last-issue.html |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 June 2019}}{{cite magazine|author= |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/elissa-schappell |title= VF Contributor - Elissa Schappell |magazine=Vanity Fair |date= |access-date=2011-11-22}}{{cite journal |last1=Holmes |first1=Jenine |title=ELISSA SCHAPPELL with Jenine Holmes |journal=The Brooklyn Rail |date=10 December 2011 |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2011/12/books/elissa-schappell-with-jenine-holmes |access-date=22 January 2021}}

Schappell was one of the founders and editors of the literary magazine Tin House. She was previously a Senior Editor at The Paris Review.

Schappell teaches at schools including Columbia University, NYU, and Queens University.

Personal life

Originally from Delaware, Schappell now lives in Brooklyn. She is married to Rob Spillman, with whom she co-founded Tin House.

Publications

"Novice Bitch" in the anthology The KGB Bar Reader (1998){{cite news |last1=Rosner |first1=Hillary |title=The KGB Bar Reader |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/1998/10/27/the-kgb-bar-reader |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=Village Voice |date=27 October 1998}}{{cite news |last1=Strickland |first1=Barbara |title=Writes of Winter |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/books/1999-02-05/521100 |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=Austin Chronicle |date=5 February 1999}}
Use Me (William Morrow, 2000)
Contributed an article about Allen Ginsberg to The Paris Review anthology Beat Writers at Work{{cite web |title=Paris Review's 'Beat Writers at Work' |url=https://www.litkicks.com/BeatWritersAtWork |website=Literary Kicks |access-date=22 January 2021 |date=27 June 2002}}
"Crossing the Line in the Sand: How Mad Can Mother Get?" in The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage (2002)
"That sort of woman" in The Mrs Dalloway Reader (2003)
"Sex and the Single Squirrel" in Cooking and Stealing: The Tin House Nonfiction Reader (2004){{cite journal |title=Cooking And Stealing: The Tin House Nonfiction Reader |journal=Publishers' Weekly |date=30 August 2004 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58234-486-7}}
Co-edited and contributed to The Friend Who Got Away: Twenty Women's True-Life Tales of Friendships That Blew Up, Burned Out or Faded Away{{cite journal |title=The Friend Who Got Away: Twenty Women Tell The True Stories Behind Their Blowups, Burnouts, and Slow Fades |journal=Kirkus Reviews |date=1 February 2005 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jenny-offill/the-friend-who-got-away |access-date=22 January 2021}}
Essay on Naked Lunch in Bound to Last: 30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book (2010){{cite journal |title=BoundOUND toTO LastAST:30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book |journal=Maclean's |date=24 November 2010 |url=https://www.macleans.ca/culture/berlin-and-its-last-jews |access-date=22 January 2021}}
Blueprints for Building Better Girls (Simon & Schuster, 2011)
"High-Strung Knitter" in Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting (2013)

References

External links

Elissa Schappell, [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/books/review/love-stories-by-ludmilla-petrushevskaya.html "Women on the Verge"], The New York Times, February 15, 2013.
[http://www.salon.com/writer/elissa_schappell/ Elissa Schappell] at Salon.
[http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=57992 Schappell] at Random House website
[https://archive.org/details/LehighCarbonCommunityCollegesReadFirstAskLater Interview with Elissa Schappell] on Read First, Ask Later, Episode 18{{dead link|date=January 2021}}
[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1151966 "The Bitch In the House'", NPR interview with Schappell, 2002]

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