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...06—’07 published his first novel, “Twelve,” when he was still in high school. Now, seven years later, the novel is being adapted for the big screen. In the meantime, he reported for Time and Harper??s from Iraq and Sudan, wrote two more novels, and found time to visit the Harvard Bookstore last week to read excerpts from his recently published third novel, “An Expensive Education.” FM separates fiction from fact and finds out if the author...
...Recently, he even took shots at Professor of English James Wood, harnessing his comedic touch in a vicious parody of Wood’s “How Fiction Works.” The article, “Wow Fiction Works!,” which appeared in Harper??s Magazine in February, attacked the perceived snobbery of Wood’s approach to literature, the arrogance of Wood’s crypto-normative approach. Whitehead assumed the voice of a pompous literary quack to make his point, “I have essayed to instruct your writers...
...Recently, he even took shots at Professor of English James Wood, harnessing his comedic touch in a vicious parody of Wood’s “How Fiction Works.” The article, “Wow Fiction Works!,” which appeared in Harper??s Magazine in February, attacked the perceived snobbery of Wood’s approach to literature, the arrogance of Wood’s crypto-normative approach. Whitehead assumed the voice of a pompous literary quack to make his point, “I have essayed to instruct your writers...
...concern with an outward appearance and reputation that gets Uncle Sam’s stamp of approval. Anna Smith’s turn as Joe’s Valium-addicted, sex-starved wife Harper is not quite on par with Breaux’s performance. She has mastered Harper??s childlike sense of wonder but emits too much humor and cheerfulness during Harper??s moments of despair. These qualities serve her well in Harper??s scenes of fantasy but detract from the gravity of her problems in the scenes grounded in reality.After three hours...
...brilliant piece of writing, and we’ll be hearing a lot from her in the future,” said Begley of Hale’s promise as a writer. “This is a story that is good enough to be in The New Yorker, Harper??s, The Atlantic.” Menand introduced Hale’s story with a speech on the elements of a great story, drawing upon examples from writers like John Updike, James Joyce, and O. Henry, He told the audience that he chose her piece because it embodied...