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Colin Harrison (writer)
Colin Harrison (born 1960 in New York City) is an American novelist and editor. Harrison is the author of eight novels: ''Break and Enter'' (1990), ''Bodies Electric'' (1993), ''Manhattan Nocturne'' (1996), ''Afterburn'' (2000), ''The Havana Room'' (2004), ''The Finder'' (2008), ''Risk'' (2009), which was first published as a fifteen-part serial in '' The New York Times'' magazine in 2008, and ''You Belong to Me,'' published in June 2017. His books have been published in a dozen countries and four have been selected as Notable Books by '' The New York Times Book Review''. ''The Finder'' was a finalist for the 2009 ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize and the 2009 Dashiell Hammett Award. All are atmospheric novels of violence, sex, and suspense that explore the underside of city life, most particularly in New York."Ordinary Guy's Great Fall Into a City's Underbelly," by Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times, January 6, 2004 Although his novels invariably involve the money and power tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
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Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television are named), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. It had the sixth-highest circulation for American newspapers in 2017. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century under Medill's grandson, Robert R. McCormick, it achieved a reputation as a crusading paper with a decidedly more American-conservative anti-New Deal outlook, and its writing reached other markets through family and corporate relationships at the ''New York Daily News'' and the '' Washington Times-Herald.'' The 1960s saw its corporate parent owner, Tribune Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Novelists
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Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a celebrated graduate-level creative writing program in the United States. The writer Lan Samantha Chang is its director. Graduates earn a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Creative Writing. It has been cited as the best graduate writing program in the nation, counting among its alumni 17 Pulitzer Prize winners. History *The program began in 1936 with the gathering of poets and fiction writers under the direction of Wilbur Schramm. *The workshop's second director, from 1941 to 1965, was Paul Engle, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native. Under his tenure, the Writers' Workshop became a national landmark. He successfully secured donations for the workshop from the business community for about 20 years, including locals such as Maytag and Quaker Oats, as well as U.S. Steel and ''Reader's Digest''. Between 1953 and 1956, the Rockefeller Foundation donated $40,000. Henry Luce, the publisher of ''TIME'' and ''Life'' magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Sklenicka
Carol Sklenicka is an American biographer, literary scholar, and essayist best known as the author of ''Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life'', which was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2009 by the N ew York Times Book Review in 2009. It remains the only comprehensive biography of short story writer Raymond Carver. In 2019, Sklenicka published ''Alice Adams: Portrait of a Writer'', her "perceptive, elegantly written" biography of the short-story writer and novelist Alice Adams. Life Sklenicka grew up in Santa Maria, California, graduating in 1971 from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. In 1986, she received a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied with Naomi Lebowitz, Stanley Elkin, and Howard Nemerov. She taught literature and creative writing at Marquette University and at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. She lives with poet and novelist R.M. Ryan (author of ''Vaudeville in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Unger
Craig Unger (b. March 25, 1949) is an American journalist and writer. He has served as deputy editor of '' The New York Observer'' and was editor-in-chief of Boston Magazine. He has written about George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush for '' The New Yorker'', '' Esquire Magazine'', and '' Vanity Fair''. He has written about the Romney family and Hart InterCivic. Early life and education Unger grew up in Dallas, Texas, and attended Harvard University. Career On April 11, 2004, Unger wrote an op-ed for '' The Boston Globe'' demanding answers from the 9/11 Commission on who had given permission for Saudi nationals to leave the United States. He repeated the theme in his 2004 book, '' House of Bush, House of Saud'', that was also featured in Michael Moore's film ''Fahrenheit 9/11'': "Is it possible that President Bush himself played a role in authorizing the evacuation of the Saudis after 9/11?" Unger reportedly traced $1.4 billion in investments by the Saudis to friends an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Swofford
Anthony Swofford (born August 12, 1970) is an American writer and former U.S. Marine, best known for his 2003 book '' Jarhead'', based heavily on his accounts of various situations encountered in the Persian Gulf War. This memoir was the basis of the 2005 film of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes. Early life and education Swofford was born on August 12, 1970, in Fairfield, California, into a military family. He grew up living on a military base. His father had served in the Vietnam War, and before that his grandfather had fought in World War II. In fact, he was conceived in Honolulu while his father was on a five-day break from fighting in the Vietnam War. In his own words, Swofford describes his younger self, before and during his tenure in the U.S. Marine Corps, as "a reader and a loner". Terrified of being a failure in a "normal" life, Swofford wanted to join the Marines from an early age, as he saw it as "an entry into manhood". However, Swofford's father was against h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel '' A Thousand Acres'' (1991). Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from Community School and from John Burroughs School. She obtained a BA in literature at Vassar College (1971), then earned an MA (1975), MFA (1976), and PhD (1978) from the University of Iowa.Biography at the ''''. While working toward her doctorate, she also spent a year studying in |
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel '' The Corrections'', a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel '' Freedom'' (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of ''Time'' magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Franzen's latest novel '' Crossroads'' was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy. Franzen has contributed to ''The New Yorker'' magazine since 1994. His 1996 '' Harper's'' essay " Perchance to Dream" bemoaned the state of contemporary literature. Oprah Winfrey's book club selection in 2001 of ''The Corrections'' led to a much publicized feud with the talk show host. In recent years, Franzen has become recognized for his opinio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace is widely known for his 1996 novel '' Infinite Jest'', which ''Time'' magazine cited as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. His posthumous novel, '' The Pale King'' (2011), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2012. The ''Los Angeles Times''s David Ulin called Wallace "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years". Wallace grew up in Illinois and attended Amherst College. He taught English at Emerson College, Illinois State University, and Pomona College. In 2008, he died by suicide at age 46 after struggling with depression for many years. Early life and education David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York, to Sally Jean Wallace (' Foster) and James Donald Wallace. The family moved to Champaign-Urbana, Illin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper's Magazine
''Harper's Magazine'' is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York City in June 1850, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. (''Scientific American'' is older, but it did not become monthly until 1921). ''Harper's Magazine'' has won 22 National Magazine Awards. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the magazine published works of authors such as Herman Melville, Woodrow Wilson, and Winston Churchill. Willie Morris's resignation as editor in 1971 was considered a major event, and many other employees of the magazine resigned with him. The magazine has developed into the 21st century, adding several blogs. ''Harper's'' has been the subject of several controversies. History ''Harper's Magazine'' began as ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine'' in New York City in June 1850, by publisher Harper & Brothers. The company also founded the magazines ''Harper's Weekly'' and '' Harper's Bazaar'', and grew to beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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