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- University of Wisconsin Press
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- 1548-9949
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Abstract
an interview with JENNIFER EGAN Conducted by Charlie Reilly ver the last few years, Jennifer Egan has typically been described as a rising star, but as Madison Smartt Bell's 2006 front-page review of her latest novel in The New York Times Book Review makes clear, that star has risen. Since 1995, Egan has published three literary novels and a collection of short stories, each of which has been praised for its compelling characters, razor-sharp prose, narrative complexity, and skillful use of point of view. Whether considering a seventies look at the sixties, the intricacies and heartbreak of fashion modeling, the scourge of terrorism, or a contemporary re-creation of gothic fiction, her work is always challenging, always unexpected, always singularly rewarding. John Marshall correctly called her "one of the most gifted writers of her generation." Among her many achievements, Jennifer Egan has won National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellowships, was a National Book Award finalist, was named a Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and won the Cosmopolitan (U.K.) Short Story Award. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, theatrical director David Herskovits, and their two sons. The Keep (2006)
Journal
Contemporary Literature – University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Mar 11, 2009