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Alice Elliott Dark, "Fellowship Point: A Novel" (Simon and Schuster, 2022)
Alice Elliott Dark, "Fellowship Point: A Novel" (Simon and Schuster, 2022)
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63 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2022
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Alice Elliott Dark is the author of the novels Fellowship Point and Think of England, and two collections of short stories, In The Gloaming and Naked to the Waist. Her work has appeared in, among others, The New Yorker, Harper's, DoubleTake, Ploughshares, A Public Space, Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O.Henry Awards, and has been translated into many languages. "In the Gloaming," a story, was chosen by John Updike for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of The Century and was made into films by HBO and Trinity Playhouse. Her non-fiction reviews and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many anthologies. She is a recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Associate Professor at Rutgers-Newark in the English department and the MFA program.
Books Recommended in this episode:
Fellowship Point (Simon and Schuster, 2022)
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Elena Ferrante, The Neapolitan Quartet
Jean Stafford, The Catherine Wheel
Willa Cather, The Professor’s House
Joanne Beard, Festival Days
Mary Oliver, Upstream
Rebecca Solnit, Orwell’s Roses
Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers.
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Books Recommended in this episode:
Fellowship Point (Simon and Schuster, 2022)
Alice Recommends:
Elena Ferrante, The Neapolitan Quartet
Jean Stafford, The Catherine Wheel
Willa Cather, The Professor’s House
Joanne Beard, Festival Days
Mary Oliver, Upstream
Rebecca Solnit, Orwell’s Roses
Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers.
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Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
Released:
Jul 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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