by Betty J. Cotter

Carla Panciera grew up in Westerly, where her father's dairy farm and her Italian-American heritage would provide rich fodder for her future writing. Her new short story collection, "Bewildered," won the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction and has just been released by the University of Massachusetts Press. She will read from the book and sign copies in Mystic on Saturday.

Panciera is the author of two poetry collections, and her work has appeared in a number of literary magazines, including New England Review and Carolina Quarterly. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of New Hampshire, an M.A. in poetry from Boston University and an M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Panciera lives with her husband and three daughters in Rowley, Mass., and teaches high school English in Ipswich.

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