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Katharine Beutner

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http://www.goodreads.com/katharineb

born

March 05, 1982

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http://www.katharinebeutner.com

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Ursula Le Guin, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Virginia Woolf, To...more

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June 2007

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I write fiction and creative nonfiction and teach writing and literature at the College of Wooster in Ohio. My novel ALCESTIS, a retelling of the Greek myth, is available from Soho Press.

Read an excerpt from ALCESTIS here, or watch me read from the book here.

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Teaching, year 1: achievement unlocked. Also, Wiscon schedule.

Year one of full-time teaching: complete! I taught five courses (three of which were new preps) and supervised four senior Independent Study projects. It was tiring, but I had a great time and got to read some really wonderful student writing. In the fall, I’ll be teaching my first year seminar “Coming of Age at the End of the World” again, as well as introductory creative writing; in spring, I...

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Alcestis

3.62 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions

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Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 19 (Literature & Fiction)

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Description: 10th anniversary issue of LCRW, published by Small Beer Press.

Katharine is Currently Reading

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Cleopatra

by Stacy Schiff

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Dec 17, 2010 08:57am

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Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady

by Samuel Richardson

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Jun 11, 2007 10:57am

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Katharine is now friends with Kimberly Dana
May 30, 2012 10:11am
Katharine liked Alexander's review of Ender's Game: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. " Last year, I had a student who was so trenchantly unteachable that sometimes after reading his science fiction novel manuscript, I would be prostrate on the floor of my office. I would look at the carpet and think, it's so soft, isn't it? And then... " Read more of this review »
Jan 11, 2012 07:57am · see review
Katharine made a comment on Happy new year!: "Ana, thank you so much for the good wishes! Happy new year to you, too. I hope you'll like the new book whenever it finally sees the light of day -- I...more "
Jan 05, 2012 08:35pm
Katharine gave to: The Little Friend by Donna Tartt read in April, 2011	My rating:
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Apr 29, 2011 09:45pm · see review
Katharine gave to: Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen read in April, 2011	My rating:
Beautiful sad bittersweet book. Dinesen's descriptions of the "Natives" (Kikuyu tribespeople), Somalis, and Masai can be hard to read, given their political and historical context, but she writes of the land and her servants and squatters with such l...more
Apr 26, 2011 06:12pm · see review
Katharine made a comment on Stephanie Dray's review of Alcestis "Thank you! I'm really interested to hear this. So glad it's still sticking with you. "
Apr 24, 2011 04:00pm · see review
Katharine gave to: Incarceron (Incarceron, #1) by Catherine Fisher read in April, 2011	My rating:
Interesting components and inventive if somewhat handwavy worldbuilding.
Apr 21, 2011 08:25pm · see review
Katharine gave to: Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1) by Paolo Bacigalupi read in April, 2011	My rating:
Enjoyed this a lot. Excellent worldbuilding and pacing, interesting characters. I really wish it had been a standalone, rather than the first in a trilogy -- this is totally my own fault for reading five or six first-in-a-trilogy books so close toget...more
Apr 17, 2011 12:13pm · see review
Katharine gave to: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley read in April, 2011	My rating:
Glad I read it, but my feeling when I put it down was essentially: "meh." Another book I wish I could've read when it was published in order to experience it in context. From this distance, it's hard to ignore the structural flaws and overwhelming di...more
Apr 17, 2011 12:08pm · see review
Katharine gave to: The White Mountains by John Christopher read in April, 2011	My rating:
This is the most affect-less YA novel I've ever read. The tone is so remarkably even-keeled; none of the potential disasters last long enough to be frightening; and then disaster is avoided every time. I didn't dislike it -- it's a pleasant enough re...more
Apr 12, 2011 07:25pm · see review

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