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Hubert Selby's Voice

Thursday, February 02, 2012 by M.G. Stephens

Over the past couple of weeks Open Road has been celebrating the life and work of novelist Hubert Selby, Jr. with a series of critical essays. Our final installment in the symposium comes from author M.G. Stephens. This essay provides a moving and lucid portrait of the New York literary world that influenced Selby in his early years.

M.G. Stephens has published eighteen books, including the novel The Brooklyn Book of the Dead, which Roddy Doyle recently called "a great, great book." His nonfiction books include Green Dreams which Joyce Carol Oates picked as one of the notable American nonfiction ...

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Alex Mindt on Male of the Species and Fathers

Sunday, June 19, 2011 by Alex Mindt

Editor's Note: Open Road is proud to share this special essay from Alex Mindt for Father's Day. Visit our Alex Mindt author page for more information about Male of the Species.

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Alex MindtI spent my twenties traveling around America, moving from place to place every couple of years.  My grand idea at the time was to get to know the country I called home.  Along the way I wrote stories inspired by the people I had met along the way, their voices somehow guiding me.

After a few years, my stories started getting accepted for publication in literary journals ...

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