Amy Hempel






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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avg rating: 4.19 | 2,951 ratings | 475 reviews | 18 distinct works | 37 fans
The Collected Stories of Amy H... 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 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 Sho... 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: Stori... 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 Kin... 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 The Harvest
by Amy Hempel
avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 2008
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Unleashed: Poems by Writers' D... 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 Tumble Home: Stories
by Amy Hempel
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 2008
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The Dog of the Marriage The Dog of the Marriage
by Amy Hempel
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009
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Unleashed: Poems by Writers' D... 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)
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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)
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"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)
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