Elise Blackwell
Elise Blackwell is the author of four novels: Hunger, The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish, Grub, and An Unfinished Score. She directs the MFA program at the University of South Carolina.
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Elise Blackwell is the author of four novels:
Hunger,
The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish,
Grub, and
An Unfinished Score.
She directs the MFA program at the University of South Carolina.
Hunger has been
translated into several languages and named to several best of the year
listsincluding the Los Angeles Times
and Sydney Morning Herald. It was the
inspiration for The Decemberists' "When the War Came," which is also about the
Vavilov Institute during the siege of Leningrad.
