Mary Otis‘s short story collection, Yes, Yes, Cherries, was published by Tin House Books in 2007. The New York Times said of her writing, “Sadness and humor sidle up to each other, evocative of the delicate balance of melancholy and wit found in Lorrie Moore’s stories.” Mary has also been published in the Best New American Voices anthology (Harcourt), Los Angeles Times, Alaska Quarterly Review, Cincinnati Review, Berkeley Literary Journal, and Santa Monica Review. Her work has recently been anthologized in Tales of Sex and Love (Tin House) and Woof: Writers On Dogs (Viking). Her story “Pilgrim Girl” received a Pushcart Prize honorable mention, and her story “Unstruck” received a special mention in Best American Short Stories 2006. She is a recipient of the 2007 Walter E. Dakin Fiction Fellowship. Mary is part of the core faculty of UCR-Palm Desert’s Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts.
- Five-Minute Hearts (Excerpt) by Mary Otis
