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Lori Jakiela is an American author of memoirs and poetry. She won Stanford University's William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for non-fiction for her third memoir, Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth Maybe, in 2016.[1][2]
Lori Jakiela | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Gannon University |
| Notable awards | William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (2016) |
Jakiela was raised in Trafford, Pennsylvania and attended Gannon University.[3] She is a professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg,[4] and has also taught at Chatham University and served as co-director of the Chautauqua Institution's Summer Writers Festival.[5]
Jakiela won Stanford University's William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for non-fiction for her third memoir, Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth Maybe, in 2016.[1][2] She was awarded a City of Asylum residency in Belgium in 2015.[6]
She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.[1]
Jakiela has worked as a flight attendant and as a freelance journalist, including The New York Times. the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Washington Post. She is married to novelist Dave Newman.[6]
Memoir
- They Write Your Name on a Grain of Rice: On Cancer, Love and Living Even So (Atticus Books, 2023)
- Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe (Atticus Books, 2015; Autumn House Press, 2019)[2][7]
- The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious (C&R Press, 2013)[8]
- Miss New York Has Everything (Hatchette 2006)[9]
Essays
- Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker: Essays on Work and the Writing Life (Bottom Dog Press, 2017)[10]
- Ed. by M.J. Fievre. All that Glitters: A Sliver of Stone Anthology (Lominy Books, 2013)
- Ed by Sheryl St. Germain and Margaret Whitford. Between Song and Story: Essays for the 21st Century (Autumn Press House, 2011)
- Ed. by Elizabeth Penfield. Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition (Pearson)
- Ed. by Lee Gutkind. Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know about Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction (W.W. Norton, 2008)
- Ed. by Dinty Moore. The Truth of the Matter: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction (Pearson, 2006)
Poetry
- How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen? Poems at Mid-Life (Brickhouse Books, 2021)
- Spot the Terrorist (Turning Point 2012)
- The Regulars (Liquid Paper Press, 2001)
- Red Eye (Pudding House, 2010)
- The Mill Hunk's Daughter Meets the Queen of Sky (Finishing Line, 2011)
- Big Fish (Stranded Oak Press, 2016)[11]
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