Pamela Erens
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Born
in The United States
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Influences
John Cheever, Eudora Welty, George Eliot, Jane Bowles, James Salter
Member Since
June 2007
Eleven Hours
10 editions
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2016
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The Virgins
13 editions
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2013
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The Understory
6 editions
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2007
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Matasha
4 editions
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2021
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Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life: Bookmarked
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Why I Like This Story
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2019
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The Mourners
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Fight for freedom: A slave girl's escape
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1977
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Die Unber??hrten by Pamela Erens (2015-01-06)
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The Literary Review: Love and Loss, Summer 2001 (vol. 44 / 4)
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Pamela’s Recent Updates
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Lynn Schmeidler has a unique voice and a unique imagination. The world you step into in these stories is both like and radically unlike our own, in the most wonderful ways. HALF-LIVES reminds me somewhat of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, a book that delighted ...more | |
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Excellent. A deceptively understated exploration of privilege and violence--and also of violence as a universal human temptation. There are hidden explosives here that detonate before you fully realize it. Masterfully done. I love books in which so m ...more | |
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After her phenomenal 2018 novel THE GREAT BELIEVERS (which was a finalist for, and should have won, the Pulitzer Prize), it's astonishing that Rebecca Makkai has done it again. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, while completely different from THE GREAT ...more | |
“In the spring and summer I watched my plants flower, but it was, perhaps, in winter that I loved them best, when their skeletons were exposed. Then I felt they had more to say to me, were not simply dressing themselves for the crowds. Stripped of their leaves, their identities showed forth stark, essential.”
― The Understory
― The Understory
“Writers know all the good reasons for subjecting their work to a sharp trim. Early drafts are notorious for repetition, indirection and overdevelopment of the trivial.”
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“In my experience, cutting back is the crucial act that allows the vitality, precision and emotional heart of a piece of writing to emerge.”
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Q&A with Stephan Clark
— 11 members
— last activity Mar 22, 2012 05:33PM
...February 15, 2012 to March 16, 2012...
...February 15, 2012 to March 16, 2012...
Small and Independent Press Books
— 484 members
— last activity Nov 27, 2023 01:22PM
A group to discuss and recommend books published by the independent presses. Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are all allowed.
A group to discuss and recommend books published by the independent presses. Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are all allowed.
Fiction and Poetry Contests
— 229 members
— last activity Apr 30, 2015 10:51PM
A place to post deadlines and guidelines and purses and questions and encouragement re: contests and awards for fiction and poetry.
A place to post deadlines and guidelines and purses and questions and encouragement re: contests and awards for fiction and poetry.
Chicago Calling Arts Festival
— 79 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
The Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival (CCAF4) happened on October 1-11, 2009, featuring Chicago-based artists collaborating in performances ...more
New Authors! Share News!
— 308 members
— last activity Jul 30, 2015 07:51AM
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. ...more
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. ...more
The Smoking Poet Fans
— 219 members
— last activity Mar 01, 2019 05:53AM
"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 th ...more
"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 th ...more
Writerpedia
— 1272 members
— last activity Jul 28, 2022 08:20AM
This is a place to share knowledge. If you are writing and need to know something maybe someone here can give you an answer.
This is a place to share knowledge. If you are writing and need to know something maybe someone here can give you an answer.
Reading as Writers
— 4 members
— last activity Aug 02, 2017 12:53PM
For anyone who wants to learn how to improve their fiction writing through reading. Discussion focuses on the craft of writing literary fiction. Not i ...more
More of Pamela’s groups…
For anyone who wants to learn how to improve their fiction writing through reading. Discussion focuses on the craft of writing literary fiction. Not i ...more
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