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Megan Mayhew Bergman

Megan Mayhew Bergman
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Megan Mayhew Bergman

Megan Mayhew Bergman grew up in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and attended Wake Forest University. She has graduate degrees from Duke University and Bennington College. Her stories have appeared in the 2010 New Stories from the South anthology, Ploughshares, Oxford American, One Story, Narrative, PEN American, The Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, Gulf Coast, Greensboro Review, and elsewhere. She lives on a small farm in Vermont with her veterinarian husband, two daughters, four dogs, four cats, a horse, goats, and chickens.

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Rocky Mount natives debut story collection sings
Raleigh News & Observer, April 8, 2012
...Megan Mayhew Bergman says she loves the sound of sentences and in her new collection, Birds of a Lesser Paradise, you can tell. In a dozen stories, she writes with precision...
Book best sellers for March 30, 2012
Boulder Daily Camera, April 1, 2012
...Nature -- C. J. Box Contents May Have Shifted -- Pam Houston Birds of a Lesser Paradise -- Megan Mayhew Bergman Death Comes to Pemberley -- P. D. James Dog Stories -- Edited by Diana Secker Tesdell The Night Circus -- Erin Morgenstern Phantom -- Ted Bell...
‘Birds of a Lesser Paradise,’ by Megan Mayhew Bergman
New York Times, March 30, 2012
...The people in these stories draw strength from their relationships with birds and other animals....
Birds of a Lesser Paradise
New York Times, March 30, 2012
...to hear her familiar voice, even coming from a beady-eyed mimic. BIRDS OF A LESSER PARADISE Stories By Megan Mayhew Bergman 224 pp. Scribner. $24. This memorable story, called Housewifely Arts and included in The Best American Short Stories 2011, sets...
Greater Boston author readings March 18-24
Boston Globe, March 22, 2012
...Song of Achilles: A Novel) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store Lauren Groff (Arcadia) and Megan Mayhew Bergman (Birds of a Lesser Paradise) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith Adam Hochschild (To End All Wars) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books...
Two N.Y. literary to-dos
Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2012
...year's debutante class and their books: Ramona Ausubel, "No One is Here Except All of Us" (Riverhead) Megan Mayhew Bergman, "Birds of a Lesser Paradise" (Scribner) Caitlin Horrocks, "This Is Not Your City" (Sarabande Books) Katherine Karlin, "Send...
The Book We're Talking About: 'Birds Of A Lesser Paradise' By Megan Mayhew Bergman
Huffington Post, March 19, 2012
..."Birds of a Lesser Paradise" by Megan Mayhew Berhman Scribner, $24.00 More......
Stories that glow with insight and empathy
Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 10, 2012
...creek with a steel hoe." So begins "Housewifely Arts" -- the first of 12 powerful stories in Megan Mayhew Bergman's outstanding debut collection, "Birds of a Lesser Paradise." It's a tale of a woman who kisses and kills in the same line, who raises her...
Local author Megan Bergman reading twice this weekend
North Adams Transcript, March 9, 2012
...Local author Megan Mayhew Bergman’s new short story collection “Birds of a Lesser Paradise.” (Supplied graphic) MANCHESTER -- Local author Megan Mayhew Bergman published a new collection of short stories this week...
A Southern Writer Lands in Vermont — and Best American Short Stories
Seven Days Vermont, March 8, 2012
...arts Also by Amy Lilly Articles in books Tags Before she moved to Shaftsbury in 2008, North Carolina-born Megan Mayhew Bergman thought of herself as a Southern writer. Now her life is about as quintessentially Vermont as it gets. She lives in an 1834...
A Southern Writer Lands in Vermont and Best American Short Stories
Seven Days Vermont, March 7, 2012
...Before she moved to Shaftsbury in 2008, North Carolina-born Megan Mayhew Bergman thought of herself as a Southern writer. Now her life is about as quintessentially Vermont as it gets. She lives in an 1834 farmhouse — her veterinarian husband...
Book review: 'Birds of a Lesser Paradise'
UW Daily Online, March 7, 2012
...Megan Mayhew Bergman’s debut story collection “Birds of a Lesser Paradise” opens with “Housewifely Arts,” about a woman taking her son on a road trip to search for an African...
Kids Book Event: Woody Guthrie's Riding In My Car
Carroll Gardens Patch, March 6, 2012
...Poetry Night Tue, Mar 13, 7:00 pm Reading: Kristen Johnston Wed, Mar 14, 7:00 pm Reading: Megan Mayhew Bergman Thu, Mar 15, 7:00 pm Reading: Mike Doughty Fri, Mar 16, 7:00 pm Reading: Joshua Foer Thu, Mar 22, 7:00 pm Urban Folk Art Presents...
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Carroll Gardens Patch, March 6, 2012
...Poetry Night Tue, Mar 13, 7:00 pm Reading: Kristen Johnston Wed, Mar 14, 7:00 pm Reading: Megan Mayhew Bergman Thu, Mar 15, 7:00 pm Reading: Mike Doughty Fri, Mar 16, 7:00 pm Reading: Joshua Foer Thu, Mar 22, 7:00 pm Kids Book Event: Woody...