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Tag Archives: Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout at Emerson: The Videos (Part I)
The footage is finally here! Watch the first half of Elizabeth Strout’s question-and-answer session on April 15 at Emerson College below, or on our YouTube channel. In these videos, she discusses revising Olive Kitteridge, writing cantankerous female characters, surviving law school, … Continue reading
Elizabeth Strout, the Subconscious Writer
Several times during her question-and-answer session at Emerson College on April 15, Elizabeth Strout admitted to making things up. No one would begrudge a fiction writer of doing that–fabrication is part of her job. But Strout “just knew” when her … Continue reading
Ten Quick Questions with… Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout’s had quite a year. Her third work of fiction, Olive Kitteridge, still sits on the paperback bestseller list. Last April, she earned the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This Thursday, she headlines the Ploughshares Reading Series, where she will … Continue reading
“We’re all shoving more and more Twinkies in our mouths.”
Ploughshares is off to the AWP conference in Denver this week! But to keep excitement high for guest editor Elizabeth Strout’s visit to Emerson next Thursday, here are two fun interviews pulled from YouTube. In the first, Strout talks about … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors' Updates
Tagged Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge, Spring 2010
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Three Excerpts from Spring ’10 Fiction
We have shifted gears to the Spring 2010 Ploughshares–look at the new color scheme on our home page! As a bonus to our loyal blog readers, here are three brief excerpts from pieces Elizabeth Strout handpicked for the issue. If … Continue reading
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Tagged E.V. Slate, Elizabeth Strout, Joyce Carol Oates, Mary Gordon, Spring 2010
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Sneak Preview of our Spring 2010 Issue
Readers and writers need to know what’s happening–Where are the new poets, how are the established poets, what is fiction really up to these days? It is the chance at variety that remains essential. –Elizabeth Strout on guest editing Ploughshares … Continue reading
The Scoop on New Stories from the South: 2010
Ploughshares has just learned that Amy Hempel, guest editor for New Stories from the South: 2010, has selected Marjorie Kemper for posthumous publication in the anthology. Kemper’s story “Discovered America,” in the current issue of Southwest Review, joins the year’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Hempel, Elizabeth Strout, Marjorie Kemper, Spring 2010
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