Antonya nelson biography of mahatma

PERSONAL: Born January 6, , in Wichita, KS; daughter of Francis William (a professor) and Susan Jane (a teacher) Nelson; married Robert L. Boswell (a writer), July 28, ; children: Jade, Noah. Education: University of Kansas, B.A., ; University of Arizona, M.F.A.,

ADDRESSES: Office— Roy Cullen Building, Rm.

B, University of Houston, Houston, TX —[email&#;protected].

CAREER:New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, assistant professor, –95, associate professor of English, –; University of Houston, Houston, TX, Cullen Cochair in Creative Writing; Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC, instructor in M.F.A. program.

AWARDS, HONORS: Chicago Tribune, Nelson Algren Award, , for the story "Listener," and Heartland Award, , for Talking in Bed; Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, University of Georgia Press, , for The Expendables; O'Henry Prize, , for "Dirty Words"; New York Times Book Review "notable book" citations, , for In the Land of Men