Allan Gurganus

His 1989 novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and spent months on the New York Times Bestseller List. Gurganus’s published works include a collection of stories and novellas, White People (Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Pen-Faulkner Finalist) and the novel Plays Well With Others. His latest book is The Practical Heart: Four Novellas (Lambda Literary Award).

Alumni |Faculty |Iowa Writers' Workshop
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