Listening And Speaking: New And Selected Stories
Listening And Speaking: New And Selected Stories
by Ellen Wilbur
Released April 5, 2025
Ellen Wilbur's stories crackle with emotional energy, drawing readers into a vivid tapestry of relationships, heartbreak, and revelation. From the very first page, her keen insight and nuanced storytelling shine through, plunging us into an array of lives shaped by personal struggles, transformative moments, and quietly triumphant acts of self-discovery.
Each story bursts with depth and warmth, showcasing a masterful command of language as well as a profound empathy for her diverse characters. Whether exploring sudden loss or the delicate bonds that hold people together, Wilbur's stories dazzle with honesty and heart. This unforgettable collection is a testament to her remarkable ability to turn the ordinary into something luminously extraordinary.
Ellen Wilbur is a prize winning fiction writer with work in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, Ploughshares, The Georgia Review, The Harvard Review, The Yale Review, Agni, and The Iowa Review to name but a few. She has won numerous literary awards including two Pushcart Prizes, and the Emily Clark Balch Award for Fiction given by The Virginia Quarterly Review. Ellen was a MacDowell Colony Fellow, a Radcliffe Bunting Institute Fellow, recipient of an Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowship, and the St. Botolph Foundation grant for fiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
