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In her new memoir, “Scratched,” Elizabeth Tallent explores how the pursuit of perfection can paralyze a writer.
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Elizabeth Tallent
American novelist (born 1954)
Elizabeth Tallent | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Ann Tallent (1954-08-08) August 8, 1954 (age 70) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Institutions | Stanford University Department of English |
Elizabeth Tallent (born Elizabeth Ann Tallent; August 8, 1954 in Washington, D.C.) is an American fictionwriter, academic, and essayist.
Life
Tallent's short stories and essays have been published in literary magazines and journals such as The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's Magazine, The Threepenny Review,[1]Tin House, Zyzzyva, and North American Review, and her work has been reprinted in the O.
Henry Prize Stories,[2]Best American Short Stories, The Best American Essays, and Pushcart Prize collections.[3][4]
Her memoir Scratched was released in 2020 from Harper.
Mendocino Fire, her first collection of short stories in more than 20 years, was published in October 2015.