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Levy identifies as [[lesbian]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kimball |first1=Roger |title=The PC censors target a lesbian author |url=https://nypost.com/2019/03/15/the-pc-censor-target-a-lesbian-author/ |accessdate=26 March 2019 |work=The [[New York Post]] |date=15 March 2019 |quote=Navratilova, trailblazing lesbian though she is, had the temerity to challenge the new popularity — and physical dominance — of male-to-female transgender athletes in women’s sports. The “trans” Twitter mob came for her (ironic, given that her coach was Renée Richards, né Richard Raskind), and various social justice organs denounced her for her thought crimes. Now it’s Levy’s turn to face a Maoist-style struggle session. The novelist sparked the yapping ire of the social justice crowd by referring to Barry née Bulkley as “she” in her novel. News of this outrage has precipitated a frantic response in the Twittersphere. Hundreds upon hundreds of triggered crybullies have besieged Levy’s publisher, Little, Brown.}}</ref><ref name=guardian/> In 2013, she married her husband.<ref name=lesbian /> |
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Levy identifies as [[lesbian]].<ref name=guardian/> In 2013, she married her husband.<ref name=lesbian /> |
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Revision as of 04:33, 26 March 2019
Ellen J. Levy is an American writer. She was born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.[1] Her collection of short stories, Love, In Theory, was published in 2012.
Career
Levy earned a BA from Yale University and has taught creative writing at Colorado State University.[2]
She has received a Pushcart Prize, a Nelson Algren Award, a Chicago Literary Award, a Gesell Award, a Michener Fellowship, and an Associated Writing Programs Intro Award and her fiction has twice been named among the year’s notable in the Best American Short Stories series published by Houghton Mifflin.
Her work has appeared in The Paris Review,[3] The New York Times,[4][5] and Salon.[6] A Publishers Weekly reviewer called Levy "a master of his [sic] form".[7]
She was the editor of the anthology, Tasting Life Twice: Literary Lesbian Fiction by New American Writers, which won a Lambda Literary Award.[8]
Levy's debut story collection, Love, In Theory, won the 2012 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction when it was called "a brilliant debut" by best-selling author Cheryl Strayed and "richly worthy of Flannery O’Connor’s name" by Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler, a 2012 Foreword Book of the Year Award (Bronze), and the 2014 Great Lake Colleges Association's New Writers Award for Fiction.[9][10] Kirkus Reviews named Love, In Theory one of the "Best Books of 2013".[11] It was released in French by Editions Rivages in 2015.[12]
In February 2019, publisher Little, Brown and Company acquired Levy's historical novel, The Cape Doctor—a portrayal of James Barry, who was born Margaret Bulkley but lived as a man as an adult. The novel reportedly refers to Barry as "she" and a "heroine", which was criticized by other authors and transgender people who say male pronouns are more in line with Barry's life history and self-image.[13][14]
Personal life
Levy identifies as lesbian.[15][14] In 2013, she married her husband.[6]
Publications
Books
- Love, In Theory. University of Georgia Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-8203-4349-5.
- Amazons: A Love Story. University of Missouri Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-8262-1975-6.
- Tasting Life Twice: Literary Lesbian Fiction by New American Writers. Avon. 1995. ISBN 978-0-3807-8123-2.
References
- ^ Strayed, Cheryl (10 March 2013). "E J Levy". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Associate Professor EJ Levy". Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ Levy, E. J. (13 November 2018). "Theory of the Leisure Class" – via www.theparisreview.org.
- ^ "After a Parent's Death, a Rush of Change".
- ^ Levy, E. J. "Opinion - The Maggots in Your Mushrooms".
- ^ a b "I'm a lesbian marrying a man". 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Love, in Theory by E.J. Levy". Publishers Weekly. October 8, 2012.
- ^ "8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. July 14, 1996.
- ^ "Winners of the GLCA New Writers Award" (PDF). Great Lake Colleges Association. January 17, 2019.
- ^ "Full List of 2012 Foreword Indies Winners". Foreword Reviews.
- ^ "Love, In Theory by E.J. Levy Review". Kirkus Reviews. December 17, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ Leyris, Raphaëlle (August 5, 2015). "La sélection du « Monde des livres »". Le Monde.
- ^ Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (February 15, 2019). "Writers want this book canceled for misgendering its protagonist". The Daily Dot. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ a b Flood, Allison (February 18, 2019). "New novel about Dr James Barry sparks row over Victorian's gender identity". The Guardian. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ Kimball, Roger (15 March 2019). "The PC censors target a lesbian author". The New York Post. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
Navratilova, trailblazing lesbian though she is, had the temerity to challenge the new popularity — and physical dominance — of male-to-female transgender athletes in women's sports. The "trans" Twitter mob came for her (ironic, given that her coach was Renée Richards, né Richard Raskind), and various social justice organs denounced her for her thought crimes. Now it's Levy's turn to face a Maoist-style struggle session. The novelist sparked the yapping ire of the social justice crowd by referring to Barry née Bulkley as "she" in her novel. News of this outrage has precipitated a frantic response in the Twittersphere. Hundreds upon hundreds of triggered crybullies have besieged Levy's publisher, Little, Brown.
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