Clare Beams is a subtle, quiet master of short fiction, who writes in beautiful and exquisitely crafted prose.” “I am so much more grateful to Bard and to the Bard Fiction Prize committee than I can possibly say for this recognition of my work and for this gift-one of the best gifts anyone could give me, as a writer who’s also a parent of young children-of time. Every one of these stories has a world and a lifetime behind it, and every one is a compelling, disquieting, and immensely pleasurable journey, reverie, and dream for its reader. While the characters, and the situations they find themselves in, are sometimes surreal, their psychologies are always absolutely real-fully, compassionately drawn. Beams will give a public reading at Bard in spring 2020. The Bard Fiction Prize committee writes: “The nine stories in Clare Beams’ debut collection of fiction, We Show What We Have Learned, range from factual, historical settings and characters to eerily fantastical ones, displaying a startling depth and an epic scale of imagination.
Beams’ residency at Bard College is for the fall 2020 semester, during which time she will continue her writing and meet informally with students. ANNUAL BARD FICTION PRIZE IS AWARDED TO CLARE BEAMS ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.-Author Clare Beams has received the Bard Fiction Prize for her debut collection of short stories, We Show What We Have Learned (Lookout Books 2016).
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