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Women & Other Animals, Including Mothers & Daughters, Bonnie Jo Campbell

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Ellen Akins

When I was doing a visiting semester (too many years ago to count) at Western Michigan University, Jaimy Gordon (who teaches at WMU) asked me to review Bonnie Jo Campbell’s first book of short stories, Women and Other Animals, for … Continue reading →

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Ali Smith, The Accidental

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Ellen Akins

ALI SMITH, whose novel Hotel World was short-listed for both the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, came to read at the British residency of my MFA program a few years ago.  She read the excerpt I’ve reproduced below, … Continue reading →

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