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William Kennedy: 2009
In this audio recording from the 27th Key West Literary Seminar, William Kennedy reads two unpublished pieces. The presentation begins with a brief (5:30) essay recounting Kennedy's first short story, "Eggs," and the lukewarm reaction it garnered from his friends and family. This is followed by a reading from the opening chapter of Kennedy's unnamed novel-in-progress. A continuation of the Albany Cycle, this forthcoming novel focuses on Daniel Quinn, a reporter for the <em>Albany Times Union</em> and the grandson of the Daniel Quinn from Kennedy's <em>Quinn's Book</em>.
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William Kennedy: 2009
In this audio recording from the 27th Key West Literary Seminar, William Kennedy reads two unpublished pieces. The first is a brief (5:30) essay recounting Kennedy's first short story, "Eggs," and the lukewarm reaction it garnered from his friends and family. This is followed by a reading from the first chapter of Kennedy's novel-in-progress. A continuation of the Albany Cycle, this forthcoming novel concerns Daniel Quinn, a reporter for the Albany Times Union and the grandson of the Daniel Quinn from Kennedy's <em>Quinn's Book</em>
Entries from L I T T O R A L | the journal of the Key West Literary Seminar tagged with 'William Kennedy'
One more look at the 27th KWLS
The San Carlos Institute panorama. Photo by Curt Richter. As we unpack the boxes, the discs, the jump drives, and the emails from our 27th Key West Literary Seminar– Historical Fiction and the Search for Truth– we've uncovered this...
Friday Night Writers' Party
For the writers who join us each January, one of the highlights is the Friday night writers' party. Seward and Joyce Johnson hosted this one at their southernmost home. Photos by Curt Richter Thomas Mallon and Phyllis Rose Calvin Baker...
<i>The Work Becomes Visible:</i><br>a conversation with Hilma Wolitzer
Hilma Wolitzer is the author of several novels including, most recently, The Doctor's Daughter, Hearts, and Summer Reading; and a book on the craft of fiction titled The Company of Writers. She has taught writing workshops at The Iowa...
<em>Plausible Presence:</em><br>a conversation with Thomas Mallon
In this installment of our ongoing interview series, Thomas Mallon talks about Fellow Travelers, the rumors of Senator McCarthy's own homosexuality, and the current state of historical fiction, including works by Gore Vidal and William Kennedy, both of whom will join Mallon in January 2009 during our 27th annual Seminar, Historical Fiction and The Search for Truth.
William Kennedy's <i>Ironweed</i>
Francis Phelan is a man who believes his own hands have betrayed and destroyed him. He lives in an Albany peopled by ghosts, notably his son, Gerald's, dead 13 days after birth from the broken neck sustained in falling from his father's hands to the floor. And yet Phelan, the eloquent, violent, dissembling bum hero of William Kennedy's great novel<em> Ironweed,</em> is the master of these hands.
William Kennedy Joins Seminar for 2009
We are most pleased to announce the addition of William Kennedy as a panelist for January's HISTORICAL FICTION and The Search for Truth. Kennedy's writing centers on life in his native city of Albany, New York. He has published...
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