Eve Shelnutt

Eve Shelnutt (1941 in Spartanburg, South Carolina – April 7, 2015 ) was an American poet and writer of short stories. She lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Athens, Ohio, and Worcester, Massachusetts. Over the course of her career, she taught at Western Michigan University University of Pittsburgh, Ohio University, and The College of the Holy Cross.

Education

She received her B.A. from University of Cincinnati. She received her M.F.A. from University of North Carolina, Greensboro where she studied with Fred Chappell under the auspices of The Randall Jarrell Fellowship.

Awards She received the O. Henry Prize in 1975 for "Angel", Shenandoah, Winter 1974, Abrahams.

She won the Mademoiselle Fiction Award. ], American Review, Black Warrior Review, Carolina Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, Great Lakes Review, The Literary Review, Palaemon Press, Ploughshares ["The Pilot-Messenger," Vol. 6, No. 4 (1981), pp. 123–130] ["The Beguiling Idiot," Vol. 13, No. 2/3 (1987), pp. 90–99. ], Prairie Schooner, Quarterly West, Slow Loris Reader, Story Quarterly, and West Branch.

Her poetry has appeared in:

American Review, Apalachee Quarterly, Chattahoochee Review, New Delta Review, New Poets Review, Nimrod, North American Review, Oxford Magazine, Pig Iron Anthology, Poet & Critic, Sow's Ear, Spoon River Quarterly, Tar River Poetry, etc.

Reviews

Greene, Melissa Fay. Review of The Musician in The Iowa Review, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Spring - Summer, 1988), pp. 174–177.

Martin, David. Review of "The Musician" in Cream City Review, Spring 1988.

Special Collections

William Peden Short Story Collection, MU Libraries, University of Missouri Eve Shelnutt to William Peden, 6 March 1986 William Peden to Eve Shelnutt, 13 March 1986