Amina Cain

American writer

Amina Cain
Nationality	American
Notable works	Indelicacy

Amina Cain is an American writer, best known for her 2020 novel Indelicacy.

Writing

Cain began writing in her last year as an undergraduate.^[1] Cain lived in Chicago during the mid-2000s and later moved to Los Angeles,^[2] where she continues to live as of 2020^[update].^[3]

Writers who have influenced Cain's work include Lydia Davis.^[2] Other writers Cain has expressed an "affinity toward" include Marguerite Duras, Renee Gladman, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, and Kate Zambreno.^[2]^[4]

Honors

Indelicacy was shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize^[5]^[6] and for the 2021 Folio Prize.^[7]^[8]

Bibliography

Novels

Indelicacy (2020)

Short story collections

I Go to Some Hollow (2009)
Creature (2013)

Nonfiction

A Horse at Night: On Writing (2022)

References

^ Wallach, Lauren (18 June 2014). "I write to see what is inside my mind: An Interview with Amina Cain". HTML Giant. HTML Giant. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Messinger, Jonathan (15 November 2013). "Six Questions for Amina Cain". Chicago Magazine. Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ Samatar, Sofia (12 March 2020). "The Space of Writing: A Conversation with Amina Cain". Music & Literature. Music & Literature. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ "In the Process of Becoming: The Millions Interviews Amina Cain". The Millions. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ Saka, Rasheeda (1 October 2020). "Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize". Literary Hub. Literary Hub. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ "Indelicacy". Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ Flood, Alison (2021-02-11). "Monique Roffey leads strong showing for indies on Rathbones Folio shortlist". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^ "Folio Prize 2021 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2021-02-11. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-02-11.