Jenn Shapland
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Jenn Shapland is an American writer and archivist. Her essay "Finders, Keepers" won a Pushcart Prize in 2017, and her memoir, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir in 2021.{{Cite web|last=Gentes|first=Brian|date=2021-06-02|title=2021 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2021/06/2021-lambda-literary-award-winners/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}}
Personal life
Shapland lives in New Mexico.{{Cite web|title=Bio|url=http://www.jennshapland.com/bio.html|access-date=2022-01-10|website=JENN SHAPLAND|language=en}} She received her PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin.
Career
Aside from writing, Shapland is an adjunct instructor in the Creative Writing Department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe,{{Cite web|title=Jenn Shapland|url=https://lithub.com/author/jennshapland/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US}} as well as an archivist for a visual artist.
''My Autobiography of Carson McCullers'' (2020)
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My Autobiography of Carson McCullers is a memoir, published February 4, 2020 by Tin House Books. The book received the following accolades:
- National Book Award for Nonfiction finalist (2020){{Cite web|last=|date=7 October 2020|title=National Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/10/07/157689/national-book-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography winner (2021)
- Stonewall Book Award honor book (2021){{Cite web|last=Collins|first=Jim|date=2021-01-25|title=Stonewall Book Awards announced!|url=https://www.glbtrt.ala.org/news/archives/4701|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Rainbow Round Table|publisher=American Library Association|language=en-US}}
- Christian Gauss Award (2021){{cite web | url=https://www.pbk.org/2021BookWinners | title=2021 Book Awards Winners }}
''Thin Skin'' (2023)
Thin Skin is a book of essays, published by Penguin Random House in 2023.{{Cite news |last=Qasim |first=Noor |date=2023-09-08 |title=Political Histories Refracted Through a Personal Lens |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/books/review/myriam-gurba-creep-jenn-shapland-thin-skin-wang-xiaobo-pleasure-of-thinking.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=Jenn Shapland's 'Thin Skin' Examines Boundaries of All Kinds |url=https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/books/a44662997/jenn-shaplands-thin-skin-examines-boundaries-of-all-kinds/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Shondaland |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Franklin |first=Sara |date=2023-08-15 |title=Jenn Shapland on the Need for "Thin Skin" |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/jenn-shapland-thin-skin/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}{{Cite web |last=Ferri |first=Jessica |date=2023-08-15 |title=What did 'Oppenheimer' leave out of the frame? This book of essays will help you refocus |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-08-15/jenn-shaplands-essays-in-thin-skin-are-antidote-to-oppenheimer-film-omissions |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Feng |first=Rhoda |date=2023-09-22 |title=Jenn Shapland's 'Thin Skin': Do Women Writers Apologize Too Much? |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/jenn-shaplands-thin-skin-do-women-writers-apologize-too-much/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=The Village Voice}}
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Category:Writers from New Mexico
Category:Institute of American Indian Arts faculty
Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni
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Category:Lambda Literary Award winners
Category:American LGBTQ writers
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