"Sweet, moody, sexy, cruel. Stories told with such tenderness, they leave you with your heart aching."

—Sandra Cisneros, on Zigzagger

Check here for info on events, forthcoming publications, and all manner of literary this-and-that for writer Manuel Muñoz. Updates to this site will be made, more or less, on a quarterly basis.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Manuel Muñoz is the author of two collections of short stories: Zigzagger (Northwestern University Press, 2003) and The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007), which was shortlisted for the 2007 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize.

Manuel is the recipient of a 2006 National Endowment for the Arts literature fellowship and is currently a 2008 Fellow in Fiction with the New York Foundation for the Arts. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Rush Hour, Swink, Epoch, Glimmer Train, Edinburgh Review, and Boston Review, and has aired on National Public Radio's Selected Shorts. A native of Dinuba, California, Manuel graduated from Harvard University and received his MFA in creative writing at Cornell University. He currently lives in New York City, where he is at work on a novel.

Beginning in Fall 2008, Manuel will join the faculty of the University of Arizona's creative writing program in Tucson as an assistant professor.


RECENT NEWS

  • Manuel has been named a 2008 Fellow in Fiction with the New York Foundation for the Arts.

  • Listen to a terrific podcast of Manuel at the Key West Literary Seminar in conversation with his publisher, Elisabeth Scharlatt of Algonquin Books, on being a new voice, loving old movies, and redefining "American writer": recorded on January 19, 2008.

  • Watch for news from the ultracool Salt Publishing, which will be releasing The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue in the UK later in 2008.

  • The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue was shortlisted for the 2007 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize. An article about the initial shortlist appears right here. An article from one of the judges post-announcement appears over here. And Manuel? Well, it's back to work at his 9-5, just like her.

  • Read Manuel's email exchange about writing and identity with the blog Homo-Neurotic. Click on the Q&A tab and you'll find a link to another interview at the flagship blog for many Chicano/a writers, La Bloga.

  • Listen to an interview with Manuel on Houston Public Radio.

  • Watch a video of Manuel and Helena María Viramontes presenting "Telling Stories That Matter" for the LA Public Library's terrific ALOUD reading series. The clip is dated August 23, 2007, though the hour-long discussion took place in May 2007.

  • Read Manuel's Op-Ed, "Leave Your Name at the Border" (originally titled "Namecalling") in the August 1, 2007 issue of the New York Times.

  • Read "Wish You Were Here," Manuel's contribution to Out Traveler magazine's back page column, "The Meaning of Travel," in the Fall 2007 issue.

  • Read Manuel's Author's Statement for his 2006 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

  • Twofer: Watch for more readings with Helena María Viramontes, whose superb new novel, Their Dogs Came with Them, pubbed in April.

    If you are interested in contacting Manuel for a reading or require permissions for use of his work, please contact his trusty and speedy agent, Stuart Bernstein, at:

    Stuart Bernstein
    Representation for Artists
    63 Carmine Street, no. 3D
    New York, New York 10014
    212-924-1894 tel / 212-924-6467 fax
    stuart@stuartbernstein.com

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