An Interview with Steven Wingate

An interview with Colorado writer Steven Wingate, author of the award-winning short story collection Wifeshopping. By Jenny Shank, 7-25-08 Steven Wingate‘s debut book, Wifeshopping, is a collection of witty, insightful stories centered on men’s quest for love and marriage. Wingate has been teaching composition and creative writing at the University of Colorado since 2001, and last year he won the Bakeless Prize for fiction sponsored by the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, which included the prize of his collection’s publication by Houghton Mifflin. Amy Hempel, who judged the contest, wrote in her introduction that his stories’ success “comes from Wingate’s surpassing skill as a writer, and his vision of what can happen when we are made to forfeit a fantasy.” I recently interviewed Wingate via email about his knack for evoking... [read full story]