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Derek Furr grew up in rural North Carolina, taught middle school in Charlottesville, Virginia, and now lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife and two sons. He is Associate Professor of Literature in the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard College, where he teaches courses in 19th and 20th century literature and works with aspiring public school teachers. Besides writing and teaching, he runs, plays piano for a small Methodist congregation, and drives his boys to their hockey games all over the frozen northeast.

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Derek Furr Hard to narrow this down...to Dickens' London to Fagin's den (as long as I had a cloak of invisibility), or maybe with Meg through the wrinkle in time…moreHard to narrow this down...to Dickens' London to Fagin's den (as long as I had a cloak of invisibility), or maybe with Meg through the wrinkle in time, or on the ship with Ishmael (but I'd need to survive with him). If we could change "fictional" to "nonfictional" (or at least not a novel or short story), I would perhaps go for Palestine in the Book of Luke or the American Southwest of the Navajo Creation story.(less)

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Derek Furr Right after commencement, I look forward to reading Viet Thanh Nguyen's collection, The Refugees. I loved his novel The Sympathiser and have been hank…moreRight after commencement, I look forward to reading Viet Thanh Nguyen's collection, The Refugees. I loved his novel The Sympathiser and have been hankering to read the short stories.(less)

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	Suite For Three Voices 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Recorded Poetry and Poetic Reception from Edna Millay to the Circle of Robert Lowell liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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"The universe passed through its unimaginable first moment, first year, first billion years, wresting itself from whatever state of nonexistence, inflating, contorting, resolving into space and matter, bursting into light. Matter condenses, stars live out their generations. Then, very late, there is added to the universe of being a shaped stick or stone, a jug, a cuneiform tablet. They appear on a Read more of this blog post »

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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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“She walked about with the rather fated expression you see in photographs of girls who have subsequently been murdered, but nothing had so far happened to her.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart

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