Charles Blackstone (born 1977) is an American author. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder creative writing program, where he won the Barker Award for Fiction in 2001, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Works
In 2005, Low Fidelity Press published Blackstone's novel, The Week You Weren't Here. In 2006, Chicago public radio station WBEZ named the book a featured selection in its Summer Book Bag. Blackstone's short fiction has appeared in a variety of publications, including Esquire Magazine,Evergreen Review, The Journal of Experimental Fiction, Arabesques Journal, Black Ridge Review, Wazee Journal, M.A.G., Rio, Paste Magazine, Whet Magazine, Opium Magazine, and others. His short story, “Identifiction” was included in the anthology Jacob’s Ladder 3 (Six Gallery Press).
Forthcoming work
Hailed by Chicago Public Radio as "a writer to watch," Blackstone is currently working on co-editing an anthology of fiction and creative non-fiction which will feature works by Ronald Sukenick, Achy Obejas, Cris Mazza, Bernard Cooper, Amy Sohn, Jonathan Safran Foer, Junot Diaz, Beverly D'Onofrio, and many more, to be published in 2008 by University of Texas Press.
Readings and appearances
He has done readings and appearances in Illinois, Utah, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, and New York and has taught creative writing and expository prose courses at the University of Colorado, the University of Chicago, and at Wright College in Chicago, where he currently resides with his wife, Alpana Singh, a sommelier and local television personality.
