Biography
Mac Wellman’s recent work includes 3 2’s; or AFAR at Dixon Place in
October 2011, THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD (with composer David
Lang) at Montclair in the fall of 2006 (and elsewhere more recently),
and 1965 UU for performer Paul Lazar, and directed by Stephen Mellor at
the Chocolate Factory in the fall of 2008. He has received numerous
honors, including NEA, Guggenheim, and Foundation of Contemporary Arts
fellowships. In 2003 he received his third Obie, for lifetime
Achievement. In 2006 his third novel, Q’s Q, was published by Green Integer, and in 2008 a volume of stories, A Chronicle of the Madness of Small Worlds, was published by Trip Street Press as well as a new collection of plays The Difficulty of Crossing a Field from Minnesota Press. His books of poetry include Miniature (2002), Strange Elegies (2006), Split the Stick (2012) from Roof Books, and Left Glove (2011), from Solid Objects Press. His novel Linda Perdido
won the 2011 FC2 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Innovative Fiction. He is
Distinguished Professor of Playwriting at Brooklyn College.