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Laura Furman is the Susan Taylor McDaniel Regents Professor of Creative Writing Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.A. from Bennington College in 1968. Furman's current research interests include fiction, non-fiction, and biography. She has published several notable works, including a story collection titled 'Drinking Cook', a memoir named 'Ordinary Paradise', and edited 'Bookworms: Great Writers Readers Celebrate Reading'. Her works also include novels such as 'Tuxedo Park' and 'Shadow Line', as well as multiple story collections. In February 2011, she published a new story collection, 'Mother Stayed', through Free Press. Furman has received prestigious accolades for her contributions to literature, including the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction in 2008 and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1983. Additionally, she was honored with the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award for the academic year 2005-2006. Throughout her career, she has taught a variety of courses focused on creative writing and literature, shaping the next generation of writers.
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