Fiction. This stunning collection of short stories is a testament to the talent of Eleanor Lerman. From Greenwich Village in the 60s or rooftops in Manhattan to an airport in the Midwest, these everyday adventures explore the disenchantment of this world accompanied by love and hope and humor. Joan Larkin comments: "Equally attentive to the odd details of human behavior and the deep longings at their source, Lerman's stories make me want to go on reading, and leave me somehow hopeful." THE BLONDE ON THE TRAIN evokes memories and emotions while creating new imaginings, and inspires readers to create their own adventures. Open this book--you'll be hooked!

Author Hometown: NEW YORK, NY USA



About the author: Eleanor Lerman's first book of poetry, Armed Love (Wesleyan University Press, 1973), published when she was twenty–one, was nominated for a National Book Award. She has since published four other award–winning collections of poetry. In 2009, she published a collection of short stories, THE BLONDE ON THE TRAIN (Mayapple Press, 2009). Among her awards are the 2006 Milton Dorfman Poetry Prize, the 2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and a 2007 Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her collection Our Post–Soviet History Unfold received the price for the year's most outstanding book of poetry from The Nation magazine. She lives in New York.

Reviews:
http://www.pajiba.com/book_reviews/the-blonde-on-the-train-book-review.php
http://www.readingwithmonie.com/2009/03/review-blonde-on-train-by-eleanor.html
http://www.blondeonthetrain.com/
http://www.eleanorlerman.com/