Awards
- Dorothy & Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars Fellowship, 2008
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist (Shakespeare's Kitchen, 2008)
- PEN/ O. Henry Prize Story, 2008 ("Making Good")
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006
- Best American Short Story, 1989 ("The Reverse Bug")
- The O. Henry Awards Prize Story, 1990 ("The Reverse Bug")
- University of Illinois, Senior University Scholar, 1987-1990
- National Endowment for the Arts, Grant in Fiction, 1987-1988
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award, 1986
- Harold U. Ribalow Prize, 1986
- Carl Sandburg Award for Fiction, 1985
- Artists Grant, The Illinois Arts Council, 1985
- Grawemeyer Award for Faculty, University of Louisville, 1983
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Grant in Translation, 1982
- National Endowment for the Arts, Grant for Fiction, 1972-1973
- Creative Artists Public Service Program of New York State, 1972-1973
- American Library Association Notable Book selection (Tell Me a Mitzi, 1970)
- National Council on the Arts and Humanities Grant, 1967-1968
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1965-1966
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