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Jennifer Egan

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Jennifer Egan’s 2017 novel, Manhattan Beach, has been awarded the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Egan was born in Chicago and raised in San Francisco. She is also the author of The Invisible Circus, a novel which became a feature film starring Cameron Diaz in 2001, Look at Me, a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction in 2001, Emerald City and Other Stories, The Keep, and A Visit From the Goon Squad, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and the LA Times Book Prize. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harpers, Granta, McSweeney’s and other magazines. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, ...more

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What's your writing schedule?
Jennifer Egan Well I feel like a liar answering this question, because my schedule is way out of whack right now. When I'm writing original material, which I do by…moreWell I feel like a liar answering this question, because my schedule is way out of whack right now. When I'm writing original material, which I do by hand, I try to write 5-7 pages a day--ideally early in the day, so that I can move on to other things, like research for what I'm working on, or journalism, whatever. On a good day, that 5-7 pages can be accomplished in about an hour and a half. Once I'm in the editing phase, meaning I've finished a first draft and typed it up--I can work for very long stretches, and, again because I edit mostly by hand, I can do it pretty much anywhere. I have edited in elevators and on escalators, no kidding. I can also edit pretty well at night, but writing original material is really hard for me by evening--too much other stuff crowding my mind. Thank you so much for reading, Beso, and all best, Jenny(less)
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Will you ever return to experimental/ digitally influenced literature after M Beach?
Jennifer Egan Immediately and absolutely! My next book, I hope, will be a companion to GOON SQUAD, following some of the same organizational principles, and…moreImmediately and absolutely! My next book, I hope, will be a companion to GOON SQUAD, following some of the same organizational principles, and peripheral characters, into (hopefully) a new world of material. Stay tuned and thanks for reading! (less)
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Average rating: 3.64 · 252,682 ratings · 27,850 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors
A Visit from the Goon Squad
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“I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
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“I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.”
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“If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.”
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Our genre for May is literary/general fiction. Please vote for the selection you would like to read. Poll will be up for one week. Last day to vote will be Tuesday, April 8.

The Stone Diaries The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields Carol Shields
 
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Bel Canto Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Ann Patchett
 
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A Thousand Acres A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley Jane Smiley
 
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Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
 
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The Alchemist The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho
 
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The Invisible Circus The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan Jennifer Egan
 
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The Golden Notebook The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing Doris Lessing
 
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The Master The Master by Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín
 
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All the Pretty Horses All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) by Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy
 
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The Green Knight The Green Knight by Iris Murdoch Iris Murdoch
 
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