Tara Deal

Poet, Fiction Writer

New York, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

Tara Deal is a New York writer of fiction, free verse, and urban fragments. She is the author of three award-wining novellas, Life / Insurance (forthcoming from Regal House in 2024), That Night Alive (Miami University Press), and Palms Are Not Trees After All (Texas Review Press).

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthology:
Hint Fiction (Norton, 2010)
Books:
That Night Alive (Miami University Press, 2016)
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Palms Are Not Trees After All (Texas Review Press, 2008)
Journals:
apt: an online literary journal
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BLIP
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Revolution House
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Poetry

Chapbook:
Wander Luster (Finishing Line Press, 2007)
Journals: ,
Blue Lotus Review
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Fogged Clarity
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Frigg Magazine
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GUD
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Lilies & Cannonballs
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nthposition
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Penumbra
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Snow Monkey
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Spiral Orb
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Stone's Throw
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Tampa Review Online
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Prizes won: 

Clay Reynolds Novella Prize (2007) from Texas Review Press; 2016 Novella Prize from Miami University Press; 2022 Fugere Book Prize from Regal House

More Information

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Savannah
Raised in: 
Columbia, SC
South Carolina
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Last update: Jan 03, 2023