Edward Falco
Ed Falco’s most recent books are In the Park of
Culture, a collection
of short fictions from The University of Notre Dame Press (2005);
Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha: New and Selected Stories,
from Unbridled Books (2005); and Wolf Point, a novel, also from
Unbridled (2005). His earlier books include the novel Winter in Florida
(Soho, 1990), the hypertext novel, A Dream with Demons (Eastgate
Systems, 1997), the hypertext poetry collection, Sea Island (Eastgate
Systems, 1995), and a chapbook of prose poem, Concert in the Park of
Culture (Tamarack, 1985), as well as two collections of short stories:
Acid (Notre Dame, 1996) and Plato at Scratch Daniel's & Other
Stories (University of Arkansas Press, 1990). His stories have been
published widely in journals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy,
and TriQuarterly, and collected in the Best American Short Stories, the
Pushcart Prize, and several anthologies. As a playwright, Falco is the
author of Home Delivery, which won the Hampden-Sydney Playwriting Award
in 1992, and was subsequently staged by the Hampden-Sydney Theater
Department. Earlier versions of the play were given staged readings in
Mill Mountain Theater’s Centerpiece and Theater B reading series. Two
recent plays, Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha and Radon,
premiered in university productions at Virginia Tech. Both were
directed by David Johnson. His most recent plays are Welcome to Castle
in the Air, and Possum Dreams, the latter of which was included in
Ensemble Studio Theater’s Octoberfest 2004. Ed Falco lives in
Blacksburg, Virginia, where he teaches writing and literature at
Virginia Tech’s MFA program, and edits The New River, an online journal
of digital writing.
Edward Falco lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, where he teaches writing and
literature in
Virginia Tech's MFA
program, and edits
The New River,
an online journal of digital writing. Edward is the uncle of Edie
Falco, an American actress, perhaps most famous for her role of Carmela
Soprano on the cable TV drama
The Sopranos.
Books by the Author:
A Dream with Demons (March 1997, Other)
Acid (January 1996, Hardcover)
In the Park of Culture (March 2005, Hardcover)
Plato at Scratch Daniel's and Other Stories (May 1990, Hardcover)
Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha: New and Selected Stories
(May 2005, Paperback)
Sea Island (June 1995, Other)
Winter in Florida (September 1990, Hardcover)
Wolf Point (October 2005, Hardcover)
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