Mary La Chapelle
Encyclopedia
Mary La Chapelle is an American short story writer.

Life

She graduated from University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

, and from Vermont College with an MFA.
She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...

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Her work appeared in Lumina, Nimrod, Northern Lit Review, Redbook, and First.

Reviews

In House of Heroes: And Other Stories, she chooses rough-hewn subjects - a mime and a giant who struggle with nonconformity, a boy who finds a dead body. But Ms. La Chapelle's writing and insights are smooth and elegant, a respite for readers bored with minimalist fiction and self-indulgent heroes.

External links

  • "Mary La Chapelle", Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center
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