Tom Barbash
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| Notable work | The Last Good Chance: A Novel(2002) Dakota Winters: A Novel (2018) |
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Tom Barbash is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, as well as an educator and critic.
Career
Writer and literary critic
Barbash is the author of the novels Dakota Winters[1] and The Last Good Chance,[2] a collection of short stories Stay Up With Me,[3][4] and the bestselling nonfiction work On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick & 9/11: A Story of Loss & Renewal. His fiction has been published in Tin House, Story, The Virginia Quarterly Review and The Indiana Review. His criticism has appeared in the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.[2]
He was formerly a reporter for the Syracuse Post-Standard, an experience that helped to shape his novel The Last Good Chance.[citation needed]
Teaching
Barbash taught at Stanford University, where he was a Stegner Fellow, and now teaches novel writing, short fiction, and nonfiction in the MFA Program in Writing at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Barbash has held fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, The James Michener Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.[5]
Other activities
Barbash has served as host for onstage events for The Commonwealth Club, Litquake, BookPassage, and the Lannan Foundation.[5]
Honors
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- Stegner Fellowship, Stanford University[6]
- MacDowell Colony Fellow
- California Book Award for First Fiction (2002)
- James Michener Award (2002)
- Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction
- Recipient, National Endowment of the Arts grant in fiction
Selected works
- The Last Good Chance: A Novel, Picador (2002) Template:ISBN
- On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, & 9/11: A Story of Loss & Renewal, Harper (2003) Template:ISBN
- Stay Up With Me, Ecco (2013) Template:ISBN
- Dakota Winters: A Novel, Ecco (2018)
Personal life
Barbash grew up in New York City and attended Haverford College.[6] As of 2019 Barbash was living in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and son.[2]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'The Dakota Winters,' by Tom Barbash book review". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rieger, Susan (February 1, 2019). "A Novel Set at the Dakota Imagines John Lennon as a Neighbor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sansom, Ian (October 11, 2014). "Stay Up With Me by Tom Barbash – sumptuously melancholy short stories". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martin, Clancy (September 6, 2013), Other People's Pain, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved March 17, 2026
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tom Barbash | California College of the Arts". www.cca.edu. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tom Barbash writes to channel another consciousness". East Bay Times. November 22, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
External links
- 2003 interview with Paula Zahn on CNN (transcript)
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