Amy Hempel (born December 14, 1951) is an American short story writer and journalist. She teaches creative writing at the Michener Center for Writers.

Her life has been marked by deeply personal tragedies, including the loss of a close friend, her mother's suicide, her father's mental health struggles, and her own experiences in traffic...

Mar 25, 2019 · In her fifth book of fiction, the sentences are simple and the stories short, but the speed of their connection is breathtaking. In her fiction, Hempel creates living structures from the...

Amy Hempel was Born in 1951. She grew up in Chicago and Denver before moving at sixteen to California, the inspiration for what would eventually become the extraordinary, unreal setting for her earliest fiction.

Apr 23, 2020 · Amy Hempel (born December 14, 1951) is one of the original short-story writers upon whom the term “minimalist” was conferred but, as several critics have noted, “miniaturist” may be a more accurate term.

Oct 22, 2009 · Amy Hempel is widely regarded as the queen of the American short story. She has published several collections and has received countless awards for her fiction.

Mar 27, 2019 · Amy Hempel’s own first short story, “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried,” was the product of a writing class she took with Gordon Lish, the iconic editor of Raymond Carver, Mary Robison, and Christine Schutt.

Mar 19, 2019 · In the early story “Pool Night,” a single line suffices to convey a teenage boy’s powers of attraction: “I knew girls who saved his chewed gum.” (That boy will later perform a stunt he calls...

Hempel, Amy 1951–PERSONAL: Born December 14, 1951, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Gardiner and Gloria Hempel. Education: Attended Whittier College, 1969–71, San Francisco State University, 1973–74, and Columbia University, 1981.

Apr 1, 1997 · Amy Hempel’s stories breathe with wit and light and play. Her voice is the giver of secrets, as well as the jokes which mask those secrets. The laughter cuts through what’s bitter, making any pill she gives us easy to swallow.