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Jennifer Egan

Posted on April 19, 2011 by daysofyore

Jennifer Egan is one of the finest American writers working today. Her most recent book, A Visit From the Goon Squad, won the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and the 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Writers | Tagged "A Visit From the Goon Squad", "Look At Me", "The Invisible Circus", "The Keep", Astri von Arbin Ahlander, Carroll Kowal Journalism Award, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, Granta, Guggenheim Fellowship, Harpers, LA Times Book Prize, McSweeney’s, NAMI Outstanding Media Award for Science and Health Reporting from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, New York Times Magazine, Pen Faulkner Award, Pulitzer Prize, The New Yorker | 60 Comments
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