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Rodes Fishburne

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Rodes Fishburne is a writer living in San Francisco.

His first novel is “Going to See the Elephant.”

His essays and articles have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, and Forbes ASAP, where he was the editor of the “Big Issue,” an annual magazine of literary essays from leading writers and thinkers including: Tom Wolfe, Kurt Vonnegut, Muhammad Ali, and the Dalai Lama.

A native of Virginia, he worked for five seasons as a fly-fishing guide in Southwestern Alaska where he was stranded alone in a tent for 21 days.

To contact him, please visit, www.rodesfishburne.com

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Going To See the Elephant

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The Other Man -- essay from July 2008 issue of Oprah's magazine (Humor)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:36pm

Description: A father discovers another man in bed with his wife.

Going to See the Elephant (Literature & Fiction)

5 chapters — updated Dec 08, 2008 08:13am

Description: I am posting five free chapters from my debut novel, GOING TO SEE THE ELEPHANT, before it goes on sale. There will be a new chapter posted each week through December 8, 2008.

Bullwinkle’s Revenge--Story I wrote in the New Yorker (Nonfiction)

0 chapters — updated Nov 04, 2008 12:17pm

Description: story I wrote for the New Yorker

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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property

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