Glenda Burgess



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Glenda Burgess

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http://www.goodreads.com/glendaburgess

gender
female

place of birth
The United States

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Photography

influences
Literary influences include 19th and 20th c. literary novels of character and landscape by authors such as Lawrence Durrell, Duras, Somerset Maugham, E.M. Forster, Bowles, Virginia Woolf, John Gardner and Isak Dinesen. Poets such as Louise Gluck, Neruda, William Carlos Williams, Levertov, Katrina Roberts, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Robert Haas, Campbell McGrath and Anne Carson for their gifts of imagery and distillation and cadence of language.

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September 2007


about this author

"I read Glenda Burgess' poignant and harrowing memoir, THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE, in one sitting-- in one breath -- and all I had ever felt about love's ability to vanquish everything, to swallow heartbreak, to correct history, Burgess makes us believe. And in a fashion that reads like a classic novel." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean

Glenda Burgess is a winner of The Rupert Hughes Fiction Award, and a short story finalist for the New Century Writer Award. She has published two novels and most recently a memoir, The Geography of Love, Broadway Books 2008, named one of the Top Ten Books of 2008 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Award.

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avg rating: 3.74 | 117 ratings | 62 reviews | 3 distinct works | 2 fans
The Geography of Love: A Memoi... The Geography of Love: A Memoir
by Glenda Burgess (Goodreads author)
avg rating 3.66 — 110 ratings — published 2008
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Loose Threads Loose Threads (Great American First Novels)
by Glenda Burgess (Goodreads author)
avg rating 5.00 — 4 ratings — published 1998
2 editions
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Exposures, a novel Exposures, a novel
by Glenda Burgess (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2005
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upcoming events

Softcover release of "The Geography of Love"
Author appearance, August 05, 2009 12:00PM
all bookstores, booksellers and web outlets, The United States

http://www.glendaburgessbooks.com
THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE - softcover release of the memoir named by the Seattle P...more



LOOSE THREADS (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated 04/18/2008 09:47AM
description: Newly released second edition, 2008! "In today's fast-paced world, how does anyone find a life that matters? Ellen d'Ullay is about to risk everything, following that one loose thread..A novel rich in detail about the world of international diplomacy and the inner obsessions of struggling artists, LOOSE THREADS is a sophisticated, intelligent read - direct and powerful with take-your-breath away passages of eloquent writing." reader from Washington D.C.
EXPOSURES, a novel (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated 09/13/2007 01:00PM
description: The opportunity that is youth and the journey that is age. A tale of two destinies, two passions undiminished by setback or denial. Music and Photography.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE (Biographies & Memoirs)
1 chapters   —   updated 09/13/2007 12:55PM
description: Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? This tender and intimate story of a marriage provides an answer that will resonate with readers of "About Alice," "The Year of Magical Thinking," and Erich Segal's beloved novel "Love Story."
Blessing of the Anim... 04/29 Glenda is currently reading:
Blessing of the Animals (Paperback)
by Brenda Miller
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Glenda Glenda said: "Brenda Miller's spare and perfect language makes these essays on life and the emotional terrain of relationship deeply satisfying. "
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Glenda made a comment on Poet-I-Am's review of You Are A Genius
372173 Glenda wrote: "Aberjhani, Your well thought out and articulated review sparked my interest to an unexpected degree ...more "

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Glenda made a comment on Lain's review of Outliers
372173 Glenda wrote: "Outliers made me wish I'd planned my children's birth dates around the sporting season qualifying da...more "

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Glenda made a comment on Lain's review of Inside the Not So Big House: Discovering the Details that Bring a Home to Life (Susanka)
372173 Glenda wrote: "I also really appreciate the Not So Bug series - thoughtful, harmonious, artistic and efficient desi...more "

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Burning Down the Hou... Glenda gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction (Paperback)
by Charles Baxter
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Glenda Glenda said: ""Must read" essays on fiction and character by one of America's foremost masters of narrative. Baxter's approachable style and direct language makes these essays both a pleasure to read and vividly useful to all writers. "
Blessing of the Anim... Glenda is currently reading:
Blessing of the Animals (Paperback)
by Brenda Miller
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read in April, 2009

Glenda Glenda said: "Brenda Miller's spare and perfect language makes these essays on life and the emotional terrain of relationship deeply satisfying. "
Revolutionary Road Glenda gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Revolutionary Road (Paperback)
by Richard Yates
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Glenda Glenda said: "Time to revisit this MFA workshop curriculum classic. A novel of character and not much plot, Revolutionary Road is a foremost example of suburban drama finely dissected and perfectly nuanced. Soon to be a major movie release. Read it just to revis...more "
Outliers Glenda gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Outliers (Hardcover)
by Malcolm Gladwell
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Glenda Glenda said: "Heh, interesting and well written...the patterns of genius and success in life are the topics of Gladwell's discussion of cause and effect in the realm of brilliance, break-through thinking, and invention. "
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"Physicists say we are made of stardust. Intergalactic debris and far-flung atoms, shards of carbon nanomatter rounded up by gravity to circle the sun. As atoms pass through an eternal revolving door of possible form, energy and mass dance in fluid relationship. We are stardust, we are man, we are thought. We are story."
Glenda Burgess (The Geography of Love: A Memoir)
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"The beginning is the most important part of the work."
— Plato, c. 428-348 B.C.
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"I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex."
Oscar Wilde
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"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."
— François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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5795 Q&A with Glenda Burgess — 29 members — last activity 09/13/2008 10:24AM
Glenda Burgess will be available September 2nd through September 12th to answer questions about her new book, The Geography of Love. Please feel free ...more



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message 2: by Daniel
11/30/2007 01:41PM

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Glenda, I've added The Geography of Love, Loose Threads and Exposures to my to-read list.


message 1: by Poet-I-Am
10/02/2007 10:08AM

226404 Hello Glenda--

Thanks for the friend invite here at GoodReads. And congratulations on your rather exceptional literary accomplishments. After reading your profile I feel a need to step on the gas and get seriously busy again:-)

If you need any more outlets for promoting your work, please feel free to set up a profile with us at Creative Thinkers International: http://www.creativethinkersintl.ning.com...

Blessings,
Aberjhani


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