Pamela Erens





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Pamela Erens

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The United States

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John Cheever, Eudora Welty, George Eliot, Jane Bowles, James Salter

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June 2007


About this author

Pamela Erens's novel, The Understory, published in 2007, was the winner of the Ironweed Press Fiction Prize and a finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Pamela's short fiction has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and has appeared in Chicago Review, Boston Review, The Literary Review, Bellingham Review, Upstreet, Skidrow Penthouse,, Redivider, and the short-story anthology Visiting Hours, edited by Dan Wickett (Press 53).

Pamela is the recipient of two fellowships in fiction from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She has also published poetry, essays, book criticism, and magazine articles on a wide variety of subjects.


Average rating: 4.53 · 55 ratings · 24 reviews · 2 distinct works
Understory
4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Loving by Henry Green
" This is a must-read and I owe it to that great James Wood for pointing me to it (in a lecture and an essay [In The Irresponsible Self...]). Green another of the British Modernists who makes me wonder how it is that I never knew. Do they teach him... "
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The Science of Yoga by William J. Broad
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Very informative re: the physiology of yoga (oxygen, CO2, brain function, etc.), the physiological risks (yes, you can have a stroke, if you're really unlucky), and the psychological benefits (many studies seem to bear out brain alterations leading t...more
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Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
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I was a huge fan of Bechdel's previous book, Fun Home, and snatched this up right away. Are You My Mother is a less perfect work--but literature doesn't have to be perfect to be powerful. Mother is more diffuse and less narratively satisfying than Fu...more
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Loving by Henry Green
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by Henry Green
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Oh, the immense pleasure of coming across a new language, a new type of narrative. Henry Green reads like no one/nothing else. His non-punctuation, his characters' jump-cut way of speaking, his gentle refusal to orient the reader in the narrative. Al...more
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64350 Q&A with Stephan Clark — 13 members — last activity Mar 22, 2012 05:33pm
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248 Small and independent press books — 318 members — last activity Mar 07, 2012 05:30pm
A group to discuss and recommend books published by the independent presses. Fiction and poetry only.
1020 Fiction and Poetry Contests — 218 members — last activity Dec 28, 2010 10:34pm
A place to post deadlines and guidelines and purses and questions and encouragement re: contests and awards for fiction and poetry.
5265 Chicago Calling Arts Festival — 84 members — last activity Aug 25, 2009 02:15pm
The Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival (CCAF4) happened on October 1-11, 2009, featuring Chicago-based artists collaborating in performances...more
6783 New Authors! Share News! — 322 members — last activity 9 hours, 25 min ago
Well, a lot has happened. I am the Mom of a one-year old and have stopped blogging about new authors to focus on my son and publishing my own novels. Fe...more
10880 The Smoking Poet Fans — 234 members — last activity Jan 22, 2012 06:17pm
"Words that turn the page to flame." It's all about an ambiance. The smoky, dim light when you enter, the jazz quartet playing smooth and easy in the...more
3364 Writerpedia — 1306 members — last activity May 28, 2012 07:42am
This is a place to share knowledge. If you are writing and need to know something maybe someone here can give you an answer.
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Andrea Kulman Hi & thank you for being a friend on Good Reads.


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