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Posts Tagged → Richard Ford

DIY MFA Reading List: “The Collected Stories” by Amy Hempel

posted in Blog on February 2, 2012 by David Eric Tomlinson 1 Comment

Amy Hempel’s stories require your collaboration.

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DIY MFA Reading List: “Independence Day” by Richard Ford

posted in Blog on January 23, 2011 by David Eric Tomlinson 2 Comments

A father enlists the Founding Fathers to try and teach his increasingly maladjusted teenage son the true meaning of “independence”, in Richard Ford’s lyrical sequel to “The Sportswriter”.

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DIY MFA Reading List: “The Sportswriter” by Richard Ford

posted in Blog on July 24, 2010 by David Eric Tomlinson 2 Comments

No man is an island. Except for possibly Frank Bascombe, Richard Ford’s uniquely American dreamer, drifting absently through an unexamined life in the New Jersey suburbs.

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