“ What I've learned writing these stories is that history only looks heavy and solid. In fact, it won't ever stay still. “
Quotes by Emily Geminder
Introducing Emily Geminder
Emily Geminder is an acclaimed American author and educator, renowned for her debut collection, Dead Girls and Other Stories, which won the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize.
Her writings, encompassing short stories, poems, and essays, have been featured in esteemed literary journals such as AGNI, American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, and Witness.
Geminder has received several accolades, including a Glenna Luschei Award, an AWP Intro Journals Award, and a Pushcart special mention.
She has an academic background in creative writing and literature, having served as a Provost's Fellow at the University of Southern California, where she also taught creative writing.
Currently, she is a Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University's Creative Writing Program for the 2023-2025 cohort.