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The Rap Sheet: Surviving the Second Novel

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EDITED BY J. KINGSTON PIERCE. Saturday, July 26, 2008. Surviving the Second Novel. You may recall that last year I got very excited about a debut thriller called The Accident Man. Aka journalist David Thomas). It was a work that heralded the beginning of a series featuring Samuel Carver. A shadowy figure who works for British Intelligence in an unofficial (and deniable) capacity arranging convenient “accidents” for enemies of the state. The Accident Man. And their driver, Henri Paul. That 1993 assignment...

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Mason Fiction: Interview With Danielle Deulen

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An alternative online resource for faculty, alumni, current students, and prospective students, with a slight focus on fiction. Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Interview With Danielle Deulen. The following interview appears in the winter issue of Cornerstone. The magazine for alumni and friends of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Please visit the alumni page here. You can read the rest of the magazine here. She is the Assistant to the Dean in the. By Katie Clare, MFA ‘05. 8221; After all, in to...

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The Rap Sheet: So Who’s Going to Play Lew?

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EDITED BY J. KINGSTON PIERCE. Tuesday, October 17, 2006. So Who’s Going to Play Lew? The Central Crime Zone blog reports. That “Random House films and Focus Features have announced plans to turn Ross Macdonald. Into a film.” No cast has been announced yet, but expectations are for a 2008 release. Anybody familiar with Macdonald’s fiction knows that. The eighth novel in which Los Angeles private eye Lew Archer. Ross Macdonald: A Biography. 8217;s publication, Linda Miller disappeared from the UC campus, f...

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Mason Fiction: An Interview with Madeleine Thien

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An alternative online resource for faculty, alumni, current students, and prospective students, with a slight focus on fiction. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. An Interview with Madeleine Thien. If in “Simple Recipes” and “A Map of the City” we feel the confusion of a daughter trying to understand a father who has left part of his life behind in another country, in Thien’s first novel Certainty. Madeleine, you’ve said that a story often begins for you with an image of some kind. In your collection, the...8217; a...

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The Rap Sheet: The Story Behind the Story: “Print the Legend,” by Craig McDonald

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EDITED BY J. KINGSTON PIERCE. Tuesday, February 16, 2010. The Story Behind the Story:. 8220;Print the Legend,” by Craig McDonald. Editor’s note: Even coming up on 49 years now since the sudden death- by shotgun blast- of. That American novelist and inveterate adventurer seems not to have. Lost one iota of celebrity cachet. There are still. His home-turned-museum in Key West, Florida, remains. A popular tourist attraction. Journalists are, by reputation, a cynical breed. “If your mother says she...Never m...

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The Rap Sheet: Pierce’s Picks

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EDITED BY J. KINGSTON PIERCE. Monday, August 10, 2015. A weekly alert for followers of crime, mystery, and thriller fiction. In the Dark Places. By Peter Robinson (Morrow), was published last year in Great Britain as Abattoir Blues. And might it be connected to the discovery of a bloodstain at an abandoned World War II aircraft hangar, the disappearance of two local young men, and a truck that has crashed on an ice-slick road? This is the 22nd Banks novel (following Children of the Revolution. Check out ...

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“Inside the Artist’s Studio:” Local Imagination on WCOM-FM | Half Empty, Half Full

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Half Empty, Half Full. 8220;Inside the Artist’s Studio:” Local Imagination on WCOM-FM. 8220;Inside the Artist’s Studio:” Local Imagination on WCOM-FM. Art, Music, and Movies. At Least You're Not Svetx. Most Recently . . . Old and New Testament Grandmas. 8220;Inside the Artist’s Studio:” Local Imagination on WCOM-FM. Inside the Artist’s Studio” showcases the great imaginings in all of us, as well as, the power of our creative community in the NC Piedmont. Discusses his work with Gaspard and Dancers. Discu...

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Mason Fiction: Interview with Alexis Santi

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An alternative online resource for faculty, alumni, current students, and prospective students, with a slight focus on fiction. Friday, November 16, 2007. Interview with Alexis Santi. Many weeks ago I asked Alexis to see if he'd like to post an interview, and he agreed; we emailed for a while, and after some delay on my part, we finally had something to post. What follows is our discussion about submitting to markets, the founding of his journal. You can read another bio of him here. What's your experien...

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Mason Fiction: Nicole Louise Reid: Writing with Many Roles

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An alternative online resource for faculty, alumni, current students, and prospective students, with a slight focus on fiction. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Nicole Louise Reid: Writing with Many Roles. Over the course of a few semesters, Nicole Louise Reid, author of In the Breeze of Passing Things. Of her second novel, Hunger. In its winter 2008 issue. Q: You have said you moved around before your family settled in the D.C. area (from Philadelphia to Chicago, Dallas to Appalachia) and collected chara...NLR: ...

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Mason Fiction: Things We Wish We Knew III

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An alternative online resource for faculty, alumni, current students, and prospective students, with a slight focus on fiction. Monday, August 13, 2007. Things We Wish We Knew III. 8220;1. I'd like to have known the TA selection process before having enrolled (hell, even now it would be nice to know). 35 Maybe along with acceptance materials, a list of D.C.-area literary resources, from the Folger/Pen Faulkner (with info on faculty Board seats) to Politics and Prose, Poets and Busboys, Olsson's a...I als...