Dr. Olivia Friedman
Associate Professor
Bio
Olivia Clare's short story collection, Disasters in the First World, was published in 2017 by Grove Press/Black Cat. Clare’s novel is forthcoming from Grove Atlantic. In fiction, she is a recipient of a 2014 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, and winner of a 2014 O. Henry Prize. Her stories have appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Review, ZYZZYVA, Catapult, Boston Review, n+1, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. She is also the author of a book of poems, The 26-Hour Day (New Issues, 2015). She is a recipient of a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and the Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship from Colgate University. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Review, London Magazine, FIELD, and other journals. She's been awarded fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio Center, and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
- PHD - University of Nevada-Las Vegas (2016)