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My Invisible Fall

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Fred Bubbers

Thirty years ago this fall I was unemployed and completely broke after having graduated from college into the worst job market since the Great Depression (until the last few years).  I was forced to take a break from pounding sending … Continue reading →

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On Memory and Fiction

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Fred Bubbers

In part four of Ian McEwan’s Atonement, aging author Briony Tallis is revealed to be the author of the novel that comprises the previous three sections of the book.  She is dying of vascular dementia, and that this, her last … Continue reading →

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Lessons from John Gardner

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

Last week when I was at the Baltimore Book Festival browsing through the titles at Daedelus Books’ tent, I came across new copy of an old favorite book about writing, John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for … Continue reading →

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