Article: FICTION; Minimalist's unhinged characters inhabit absurd world.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Book Review)

Article: Caution: adults at play; Amy Hempel's gorgeous variations ...
O, The Oprah Magazine;  March 1, 2005 ;     663 words ...The Dog of the Marriage (SCRIBNER) IS AMY HEMPEL'S FOURTH collection of ... you to stop breathing. Hempel leads the latter group. A failed marriage haunts this book, but ... architecture of your life. Hempel's stories combine reckless ...

Article: Hempel's stories beautiful, complex
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 13, 2006 ;     662 words ... ... this: "On the last night of the marriage, my husband and I went to the ... this story is about dogs and marriage. Hempel's main character loses both a ... sport about loss. "The Dog of the Marriage," contains this poignant paragraph ...

Article: Obituary: Marselle Asay Hempel
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 17, 2003 ;     401 words ...1920 ~ 2003 Marselle Asay Hempel, beloved mother, grandmother ... Elias Asay. She married Marlan Hempel Aug 6, 1941. Their marriage was sealed in the Los Angeles ... Stanley) Thurman, Wayne A. Hempel (Julie), and Carolyn (Douglas ...

Article: SHORT STORY WRITER HEMPEL TO READ FROM HER FICTION AT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 16, 2007 ;     619 words ... ... Set in California, where Hempel spent her adolescence, the ... The whole book is true," Hempel said. More recent story collections ... 1997), and "The Dog of the Marriage" (2005). Her latest is "The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel," a New York Times Best Book ...

Article: Amy Hempel named winner of short story award
AP Worldstream;  October 7, 2008 ;     476 words ...Author Amy Hempel, whose candid takes on modern ... Welty and Grace Paley. Amy Hempel is one of our masters of ... York, the 56-year-old Hempel has published such acclaimed ... to Live and The Dog of the Marriage. The Rea award was established ...

Article: MASTER OF SHORT STORY HEMPEL TO READ LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... in the U.Va. Bookstore. Hempel, a lecturer in creative writing ... of California Silver Medal. Hempel is also the author of "At ... in 2005, "The Dog of the Marriage." She co-edited the 1999 ... contributing editor to Bomb Magazine. Hempel has taught at a number of colleges ...

Article: The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel.(Brief article)(Book ...
Internet Bookwatch;  November 1, 2007 ;     489 words ... ... Stories of Amy Hempel Amy Hempel Scribner c/o Simon and Schuster ... The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel is an award-winning anthology of Amy Hempel's complete work--an amalgamation ... Home", and "The Dog of the Marriage"), covering everything ...