Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing

Name: Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing
ISBN: 9780061724732

by Lydia Peelle

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Whiting FoundationApril 1, 2010Literary FictionISBN 9780061724732

About This Book

Lydia Peelle is recognized for her fiction — including the story collection Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing — for her precise, haunting portrayals of the rural American South. This record is a writer-level placeholder for her Whiting Award.

About the Author

Lydia PeelleAmerican

Lydia Peelle is an American author born in Boston in 1978, best known for her debut short story collection Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing, which was a New York Times Editors' Choice, received an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and contributed to her National Book Foundation "5 under 35" honor. She earned an MFA from the University of Virginia, worked as a speechwriter for the Governor of Tennessee, and has received awards including the Whiting Award, two Pushcart Prizes, and an O. Henry Prize for her fiction focused on the American South. Read more →