Diana Abu-Jaber
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Early life and education
Abu-Jaber was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was JordanianTemplate:R/ref with a Palestinian Jerusalemite mother; Diana's mother was American, descended from Irish and German roots.Template:R/ref At the age of seven, she moved with her family for two years to Jordan. She received a BA in English and Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Oswego, an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, and a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Binghamton University.[2] She divides her time between Miami and Portland.Template:R/ref
Career
Abu-Jaber writes about Arab and Arab-American culture and identity, often using the culture of food and food production.Template:R/ref
Her academic appointments include: Visiting Assistant Professor, English, Iowa State University (1990);Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Assistant Professor, English, University of Oregon (1990–1995);Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and Writer-in-Residence/Professor, English Department, Portland State University (1996–present).
Bibliography
- Fiction
- Arabian Jazz (1993) - Oregon Book Award (1994)
- Crescent (2003) - PEN Center USA Award for Literary Fiction (1994), Twenty Noteworthy Novels of 2003 by The Christian Science Monitor
- Origin (2007)
- Birds Of Paradise (2011)
- Fencing with the King (2022)
- Nonfiction/memoir
- The Language of Baklava (2005)
- Life Without a Recipe (2016)
- Young Adult fiction
- Silverworld (2020)
- Essays
- The Other Woman: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayal includes "The Lost City of Love"
References
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External links
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- "My Elizabeth," a short story by Diana Abu-Jaber
- Portland State Faculty Profile
- 2011 radio interview (one hour) at The Bat Segundo Show
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- Living people
- American people of Jordanian descent
- Writers from Syracuse, New York
- University of Windsor alumni
- University of Oregon faculty
- Novelists from Oregon
- 20th-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- Portland State University faculty
- 21st-century American novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Binghamton University alumni
- American Book Award winners
- Novelists from New York (state)
- American women non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American women autobiographers
- American autobiographers
- American women academics
- American people of Palestinian descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of German descent