Caren Beilin

Caren Beilin (born 1983) is a writer and Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Case Western Reserve University.[1]

Beilin grew up in Germantown, Philadelphia and currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio.[2][3] She holds a PhD in Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Utah and an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of Montana.[1]

She won the 2022 Vermont Book Award for Fiction for Revenge of the Scapegoat (Dorothy, 2022),[4][5] which was reviewed in several major literary magazines.[6][7]

Bibliography

  • Americans, Guests, or Us (Diagram/New Michigan Press, 2012)
  • The University of Pennsylvania (Noemi Press, 2014)
  • Spain (Rescue Press, 2018)
  • Blackfishing the IUD (Wolfman Books, 2019)
  • Revenge of the Scapegoat (Dorothy, 2022)
  • Sea, Poison (New Directions, 2025)

References

  1. ^ a b "Caren Beilin". Department of English. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  2. ^ Heti, Sheila (2022-04-04). "How Do We Stop Repeating Ourselves?: A Conversation with Caren Beilin by Sheila Heti". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  3. ^ "Caren Beilin". www.ndbooks.com. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  4. ^ "Vermont Book Awards | Department of Libraries". libraries.vermont.gov. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  5. ^ "Revenge of the Scapegoat". New York Review Books. 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  6. ^ "So Gaslit: On Caren Beilin's "Revenge of the Scapegoat"". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  7. ^ Fehringer, Georgie (2022-08-10). "It Does Not Give Answers: On Caren Beilin's "Revenge of the Scapegoat"". Cleveland Review of Books. Retrieved 2025-09-24.