Pamela Erens

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Selected Works

1. Novel
The Understory
Winner of the Ironweed Press Fiction Prize

A Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist

A finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
2. Short Stories
Gaarg. Gaarrgh. Gak
Originally published in The Literary Review
The Things You Don't Know
Originally published in Redivider
3. Essay
Breastfeeding
Originally published in Michigan Quarterly Review


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REVIEWS OF THE UNDERSTORY

Publishers Weekly, June 11, 2007 (scroll down; it's the ninth review)

Chicago Tribune, December 22, 2007

BookList, October 1, 2007

Small Spiral Notebook, October 8, 2007

Books For Readers, issue 100, fall 2007

ForeWord magazine, September/October 2007

El Paso Times, October 28, 2007
(Note: to access this review, which is no longer accessible for free, click on the PDF file below.)

The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, September/October 2007

Rain Taxi, Winter 2007/2008
(Note: to access this review, which appeared only in print, click on the PDF file below.)

Mary Akers's literary blog, December 5, 2007

Capone's Hit List, November 1, 2007

The Small Press Review (UK), Issue Five (Spring 2008)

The Understory has also received reviews on Goodreads.

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Readings and appearances for The Understory have taken place at bookstores, libraries, and book clubs in New York City, Chicago, and New Jersey.

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