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Atlantic Unbound | Archive
Jessica Murphy ..... Recent articles by Jessica Murphy: The Younger Side of Nick HornbyNick Hornby, the author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Fever Pitch, talks about the pitfalls of contemporary literary culture, his ambition to be the male Anne Tyler, and his new novel for young adults. Writers in TrainingEdward J. Delaney discusses the country's best graduate writing programs and how to compare them. Dark RememberingsShira Nayman, the author of Awake in the Dark, plumbs the secrets of World War II Germany to craft haunting present-day tales. Reading and WritingNovelist and critic Francine Prose talks about creativity, literary craftsmanship, and her new book, Reading Like a Writer. Sentence by SentenceShort story writer Amy Hempel talks about forensics, seeing eye dogs, and her new Collected Stories Zadie, Take ThreeThe author of White Teeth and The Autograph Man talks about her new comedy of manners-cum-campus novel and the pitfalls of literary celebrity. The Art of the UnconsciousJoyce Carol Oates talks about modern science, the writing life, and "*BD* 11 1 86," her short story in the fiction issue. Character Is ActionMargot Livesey talks about her new novel, Banishing Verona, and her commitment to writing literary page-turners. Faraway VoicesPulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler talks about tapping into different points of view and writing "from the place where you dream." Fast Times at King William's HighA talk with the author of The Rotters' Club, a darkly humorous story of coming-of-age in 1970s Birmingham, England. |
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