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Notes on Coetzee

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Ellen Akins

J. M. Coetzee’s new book, The Childhood of Jesus, will be published on September 1 (and my brief review will appear in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune somewhere around there), in anticipation of which, a few notes: Here’s a link to Coetzee’s … 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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