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joan silber

joan silber is an american novelist and short story writer .
she is the author of `` household words '' -lrb- penguin books , 1981 -rrb- , which won a pen/hemingway award , and `` ideas of heaven : a ring of stories '' -lrb- w.w. norton , 2004 -rrb- , which was a finalist for both the 2004 national book award and the story prize .
she has received grants from the guggenheim foundation , the national endowment for the arts and the new york foundation for the arts .
her work has been published in the o. henry prize stories and the pushcart prize collections , and has also appeared in `` the new yorker , '' `` ploughshares , '' and `` the paris review . ''
silber grew up in millburn , new jersey .
she graduated from sarah lawrence college and obtained a m.a. degree from new york university .
she taught at nyu and now teaches at sarah lawrence college and currently lives in new york city .
