Southeastern Louisiana University

English professor Norman German's stories published in chapbook

Contact: Christina Chapple

11/16/06

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     HAMMOND – Two short stories by Southeastern Louisiana University English professor Norman German have been collected in Controlled Burn, a chapbook published by Southern Hum Press.

     The book contains “Controlled Burn,” previously published in Sports Fishing magazine, and “Dead Dog Lying,” which has appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review.

     One of the nation’s top literary journals, the review called the story “irresistible – hilariously ironic, abounding with issues to engage the reader and force reflection, perfectly crafted, and defiantly tasteless.”

     German recently read from his works at the 2006 Walker Percy Symposium in Covington, along with fellow authors in the Southeastern English Department Tim Gautreaux, Jack Bedell, Bev Marshall, and Alison Pelegrin.

     German, a member of the Southeastern faculty since 1988, is fiction editor of Southeastern’s Louisiana Literature literary journal. A Lake Charles native, he has published fiction in venues such as Shenandoah, Salt Water Sportsman, and the LSU Press anthology Wide Awake in the Pelican State, which collected the works of “21 of the finest modern writers who claim Louisiana as home.”

     Another story, "Suburban High Tide," has been included in Thunder Rain Publishing's anthology In The Eye. Profits from the publication will go to Habitat for Humanity to benefit those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

     German’s historical novel No Other World was awarded first prize in the 1991 Deep South Writers Contest. At Southeastern, he was the recipient of the 1993 President’s Award for Excellence in Artistic Activity.

     German received his bachelor’s degree from McNeese State; master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin; and doctoral degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.