Amy Hempel
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born
December 14, 1951
gender
female
place of birth
Chicago, Illinois,, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel avg rating 4.30 — 1,106 ratings — published 2006 3 editions |
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Reasons to Live: Stories by by Amy Hempel avg rating 4.18 — 665 ratings — published 1985 4 editions |
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Tumble Home: A Novella and Short Stories by Amy Hempel avg rating 3.98 — 362 ratings — published 1997 2 editions |
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The Dog of the Marriage: Stories by Amy Hempel avg rating 4.02 — 341 ratings — published 2005 2 editions |
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At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom: Stories by Amy Hempel avg rating 4.37 — 194 ratings — published 1995 3 editions |
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The Harvest by Amy Hempel avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 2008 |
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Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogs by Amy Hempel, Jim Shepard avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 1995 |
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Tumble Home: Stories by Amy Hempel avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 2008 |
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The Dog of the Marriage by Amy Hempel avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogs by Amy Hempel, Jim Shepard avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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" I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands.
In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thrilled when the mother, without prompting, began to sign her newborn.
Baby, drink milk.
Baby, play ball.
And when the baby died, the mother stood over the body, her wrinkled hands moving with animal grace, forming again and again the words: Baby, come hug, Baby come hug, fluent now in the language of grief."
— Amy Hempel (The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel)
In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thrilled when the mother, without prompting, began to sign her newborn.
Baby, drink milk.
Baby, play ball.
And when the baby died, the mother stood over the body, her wrinkled hands moving with animal grace, forming again and again the words: Baby, come hug, Baby come hug, fluent now in the language of grief."
— Amy Hempel (The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel)
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"Just once in my life--oh, when have I ever wanted anything just once in my life?"
— Amy Hempel (The Dog of the Marriage: Stories)
— Amy Hempel (The Dog of the Marriage: Stories)
"I meet a person, and in my mind I'm saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark."
— Amy Hempel (The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel)
— Amy Hempel (The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel)
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