Perle Besserman
Recipient of the Theodore Hoepfner Fiction Award and past writer-in-residence at the Mishkenot Sha’ananim Artists’ Colony in Jerusalem, Pushcart Prize-nominee Perle Besserman was praised by Isaac Bashevis Singer for the “clarity and feeling for mystic lore” of her writing and by Publisher’s Weekly for its “wisdom [that] points to a universal practice of the heart.” In addition to her phd in comparative literature from Columbia University, Besserman's autobiographical novel Pilgrimage was published by Houghton Mifflin, and her latest novels, Kabuki Boy, and Widow Zion, and two story collections, Marriage and Other Travesties of Love, and Yeshiva Girl, are available from Aqueous Books, Pinyon Publishing, and Homebound Publishing, respectively. Her short fiction has appeared in The Southern Humanities Review, Agni, Transatlantic Review, Nebraska Review, Southerly, North American Review, Bamboo Ridge, and in many other publications, both online and in print. Besserman’s most recent books of creative non-fiction are A New Zen for Women (Palgrave Macmillan) and Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers, coauthored with Manfred Steger (Wisdom Books). Besserman's forthcoming
Recipient of the Theodore Hoepfner Fiction Award and past writer-in-residence at the Mishkenot Sha’ananim Artists’ Colony in Jerusalem, Pushcart Prize-nominee Perle Besserman was praised by Isaac Bashevis Singer for the “clarity and feeling for mystic lore” of her writing and by Publisher’s Weekly for its “wisdom [that] points to a universal practice of the heart.” Her autobiographical novel Pilgrimage was published by Houghton Mifflin, and her latest novels, Kabuki Boy, and Widow Zion, and two story collections, Marriage and Other Travesties of Love, and Yeshiva Girl, are available from Aqueous Books, Pinyon Publishing, and Homebound Publishing, respectively. Her short fiction has appeared in The Southern Humanities Review, Agni, Transatlantic Review, Nebraska Review, Southerly, North American Review, Bamboo Ridge, and in many other publications, both online and in print. Besserman’s most recent books of creative non-fiction are A New Zen for Women (Palgrave Macmillan) and Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers, coauthored with Manfred Steger (Wisdom Books). Perle holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Columbia University and has lectured, toured, taught, and appeared on
Besserman, Perle
PERSONAL:
Born August 21, , in NY; daughter of Jacob and Lillian Besserman; married Manfred Steger (a professor of political science), Education:Columbia University, Ph.D. Hobbies and other interests: Running, hiking in Hawaii, movies.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Melbourne, Australia and Honolulu, Hawaii. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Palgrave Macmillan, Fifth Ave., New York, NY
CAREER:
Writer. Has worked as instructor of literature and writing at New York University, Southwest China University, Briarcliff College, University of Hawaii, Rutgers University, and at Illinois State University. Professor emerita, Illinois State University. Writer-in-residence, Mishkenot Sha'ananim Artists' Colony, Jerusalem, Israel. Presenter of workshops on Kabbalah, Zen, and women's spirituality; teacher at Princeton Area Zen Group; has appeared on radio and television.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Theodore Hoepfner Fiction award.
WRITINGS:
(As Perle S. Epstein) The Private Labyrinth of Malcolm Lowry: Under the Volcano, and the Cabbala, Holt (New York, NY),
(As Perle Epstein) Individuals All, Crowell-Collier (New York, NY),
(As Perle Epstein) The Way of Witches, Doubleday (Garden
Works
Kabuki Boy (Aqueous Books)
". . . a compelling tale of sexual ambiguity and illusion . . . evokes the sensibilities of the [Japanese Tokugawa] period while retaining a freshness that speaks to the twenty-first century reader." -- Chris Hudson (Associate Professor Asian Media and Culture-RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia)
"So many masks inhabit this universal theatre. Reading this novel is an extraordinary experience. (Paul Nelson, poet, editor Hawaiian Literary Arts Council magazine, KAIMANA.)
Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers
"The guys in this book are my heroes, and Perle Besserman and Manfred Steger have done a tremendous job of bringing their stories to life. It's important to put a spotlight on the radical, rebellious characters who have shaped the Zen Buddhist lineage. I really lik
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