>Genius

>The winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grants have been announced: For MacArthur Grants, Another Set of Geniuses.

For writers, it’s always interesting to see who is honored. This year, writing winners are fiction writers Deborah Eisenberg and Edwidge Danticat, and poet Heather McHugh.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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