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Happy Labor Day!

Friday, September 02, 2011

Ever wondered what your favorite authors did to pay the bills before they made it big? In honor of Labor Day, we asked several Open Road authors about the odd jobs they took to make ends meet as they struggled to learn their craft. So which crime writer got fired from a movie theater? Who worked for the railroads? And who who sold blood every month to earn extra cash? The answers will definitely surprise you!




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New Critical Symposium: The Importance of Andre Dubus

Thursday, August 11, 2011 by Thomas E. Kennedy

Earlier this year Open Road debuted a new feature on its blog called the Critical Symposium. Our first symposium introduced three essays by critics discussing Stanley Elkin's status as a Jewish American writer. Today marks the 75th year since the birth of Andre Dubus and, as a special tribute, we are initiating a new Critical Symposium about the enduring significance of his work. Our first installment in this series is an essay by the writer Thomas E. Kennedy, who met Dubus in 1983 while earning his MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Kennedy is the author of numerous ...

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Getting to Know Andre Dubus

Monday, February 28, 2011 by Galen Glaze

Editor’s note: Our research coordinator, Galen Glaze, has the daunting responsibility and incredible privilege of reading nearly every work published by Open Road. Here is the first in his ongoing “Getting to Know” series, which aims to introduce—or re-introduce, as the case may be—our classic authors to new readers. For the inaugural post, he has elected to focus on the work of short story icon Andre Dubus. As his son, Andre Dubus III, debuts his memoir
Townie today, here is a look back at his father’s literary legacy. 

Andre DubusIn 1967, eight years before his first collection of short stories appeared, ...

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