The University of San
Francisco’s Susan Steinberg, an associate professor of English, is a 2012 Pushcart Prize-winner.
Steinberg, who was
recently awarded the United States Artists Ziporyn Fellowship in literature for 2011 won for her short story “Cowboys.”
Steinberg described
“Cowboys,” first published in the spring 2010 issue of American Short
Fiction, as an experimental short
story in which the narrator revisits the night of her father's death. “Cowboys”
will be reprinted in the November issue of Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small
Presses.
Since its establishment in
1976, The Pushcart Prize – Best of Small Press Series has featured the best short stories, poems, and
essays from America’s small presses. The prestigious publication has regularly
been among the first to recognize talented, up and coming authors, among them Raymond
Carver, Tim O’Brien, Jayne Anne Phillips, Charles Baxter, Susan Minot, and John
Irving.
Steinberg’s
other work includes the short story collections Hydroplane (2006) and The End
of Free Love (2003). This spring, Steinberg taught the senior seminar in writing
at USF and is scheduled to teach the advanced workshop in creative writing in
fiction in the fall semester.
