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While I’m waiting for my copy in the mail, I’ll introduce myself to Jennifer Egan through her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad.
God bless these wonderful authors who still sit down and write and hope for an audience. I believe they HAVE to write.
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In that case I'm glad 2 spring 4 a hardcover new #ZadieSmith or #JenniferEgan
This week, Sophie sat down with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Jennifer Egan to chat all about Wilkie Collins's ‘The Woman in White.’
🎧 Subscribers can dive into this new episode on Patreon or Apple Podcasts now.
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“I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.” (A Visit from the Goon Squad)
✒️ #JenniferEgan, American novelist, celebrates her birthday today. #Literature
Our September book pick is Babel by R.F. Kuang.
Join the club and read with us: tinyurl.com/FableSIBC
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"The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material." --Jennifer Egan (1962 - ) From her Entertainment Weekly interview in April 2011 #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #JenniferEgan Jennifer Egan throws down a challenge to the neat-and-perfect myth of initial drafts: she loves her first versions to be “blind, unconscious, messy efforts” because that’s exactly where the gold lies. By writing longhand and without revision, she silences the voice of self-doubt and allows her inner creative engine to fire freely, often landing surprising and powerful material she couldn’t have planned out. This approach fits perfectly with the idea that first drafts are maps, not finished destinations. They're exploratory, rough, and downright chaotic. But that's the point: through mess emerges clarity. Egan’s process reminds us that the real draft isn’t complete until layers of perception, unconscious insight, and structure have been discovered through messy beginnings and then refined.
"The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material."
--Jennifer Egan (1962 - )
From her Entertainment Weekly interview
in April 2011
#writerslift #life #authors #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #JenniferEgan
Writing starts with reading, so let’s look at how the authors of our favorite books transported us into the story. #katequinn #erinmorgenstern #jenniferegan #zadiesmith #janeausten
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Announcement of the shelf indulgence book club August book pick. Cover of the book The Keep by Jennifer Egan.
Our August book pick is The Keep by Jennifer Egan.
Join the club and read with us: tinyurl.com/FableSIBC
#thekeep #JenniferEgan
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Cover of Jennifer Egan’s book A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#JenniferEgan sure likes dudes in corduroy pants.
