Aaron Hamburger
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Academic Degrees
- MFA, Columbia University 2001
- BA, University of Michigan 1995
Profile
Aaron Hamburger was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his short story collection THE VIEW FROM STALIN'S HEAD (Random House), also nominated for a Violet Quill Award. His novel titled FAITH FOR BEGINNERS (Random House), was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. His latest book, the novel NIRVANA IS HERE, is due out in the spring of 2019. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Poets & Writers, Tin House, Subtropics, Details, Michigan Quarterly Review, Crazyhorse, Boulevard, O, the Oprah Magazine, and The Village Voice. He has received fellowships from the Edward F. Albee Foundation and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbria, Italy, as well as residencies from Yaddo and Djerassi. He has also taught writing at Columbia University, NYU, the Stonecoast MFA Program, and the George Washington University.
Areas of Scholarship
Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Travel Writing, Food Writing, LGBTQ Issues
Recent Publications
“Refugess,” short story, Bennington Review, forthcoming
“Sweetness Mattered,” personal essay, Tin House
“My Grandmother, the Undocumented Immigrant,” personal essay, Tablet Magazine
“Guiltless Pleasures,” short story, Crazyhorse
"Dynasty II: The Colbys," essay, Soap Opera Confidential
“On Jacob Dinezon’s Memories and Scenes,” literary essay, Tin House
Review of Garth Greenwell’s What Belongs to You, The New York Times Book Review
“The Safe Word,” short story, Zone 3
“The Secret of Mexican Wine Cookies,” story, The Chicago Tribune, Printer’s Row
Presentations
Outwrite Literary Festival, Washington, DC
Saints & Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans
AWP, Boston
New York University
Columbia University
National Arts Club, New York
Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Creative Activity
Currently researching and working on a novel about the Jewish immigrant community in Havana, Cuba in the early 1920s.
Awards and Recognition
Pushcart Prize Nominee
Djerassi Resident Artists Program: Residency
The Corporation of Yaddo: Residency Civitella Ranieri Foundation: Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Umbria, Italy
Rome Prize Fellowship in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy in Rome,
Violet Quill Nominee for Best New Fiction
Lambda Literary Award Nominee
Edward F. Albee Foundation: Fellowship
Professional Activity
PEN American Center, New York City, NY
Served on membership committee (2008-2012), volunteer blogger for PEN World Voices Festival.
Lambda Literary Foundation, New York City, NY
Volunteered as a judge of Best New Fiction Awards (2010)
Saint and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA
Taught seminars for a literary festival fundraiser to combat HIV/AIDS. Served on Advisory Board. (2004-2011)
MEMBER
PEN American Center, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Lambda Literary Foundation