A short-story writer who made her initial appearance in these pages, May Dikeman won the Atlantic “First” prize in 1961. Her two subsequent stories, “ The Sound of Young Laughter" and “The Woman Across the Street,” were selected for the Martha Foley collection.
A Vassar graduate and the mother of three children, MAY DIKEMAN made her first appearance in the ATLANTIC in 1961 with her short story ‟ The Tender Mercies.” which won an Atlantic ‟ First ” prize. Her next two stories in our pages, ‟ The Sound of Young Laughter” and ‟ The Woman Across the Street,” were selected for the Martha Foley collecion, THE BEST AMERICAN SHOUT STORIES.
A Vassar graduate and the mother of three children, MAY DIKEMANmade her first appearance in the ATLANTIC in 1961 with her short story “ The Tender Mercies,” which won an Atlantic “First” prize. Her second story in our pages, “ The Sound of Young Laughter,” has been selected for the Martha Foley collection, THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES.
A Vassar graduate and the mother of three children, MAY DIKEMANmade her first appearance in the ATLANTIC in May of last year with her short story “ The Tender Mercies,” which won second prize among the Atlantic “Firsts.” Miss Dikeman lives in New York City and is finishing work on her novel.
A Vassar graduate and mother of three children, MAY DIKEMAN tells us, “I now belong to an amateur theatrical group, paint portraits and street scenes, ride horses, and read Paul Tillich silently when not reading ‘What Happened to Piggy?' aloud.”