Avra Wing

Fiction Writer

Brooklyn, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

I was born in the Bronx and currently live in Brookyn--although I detoured to Indiana and Buffalo in between. I am the author of two novels, Angie, I Says, made into the film, Angie, and After Isaac, for young adults. In addition, I have published poems in numerous journals, including Michigan Quarterly Review, Hanging Loose, Crab Orchard Review, New Madrid and Silk Road. I have also had two personal essays printed in The New York Times. For 10 years I was an adjunct professor of English at Kingsborough Community College. Currently, I lead a NY Writers Coalition workshop at the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York. I am the mother of three and grandmother of three.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Angie, I Says (Warner Books, 1991)
Prizes won: 

2011 Pecan Grove Press Poetry Chapbook Contest

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux, Sharon Olds, Jillian Weise, Marie Howe
What I'm reading now: 
Priest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God by Tony Hoagland

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Other
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
New York
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Last update: Mar 22, 2021