{"id":85,"date":"2012-10-02T18:58:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/bookclub\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/?p=85"},"modified":"2012-10-16T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T18:22:32","slug":"announcing-the-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anotherlook.stanford.edu\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK BY TOBIAS WOLFF:<\/strong><\/p>\n

So Long, See You Tomorrow<\/em>\u00a0is a remarkable novel. It was recognized as such at the time of its publication. It attracted critical acclaim after it was published in 1980, winning the National Book Award and the Howells Medal for American Fiction. Almost all the writers I know keep a special place in their hearts for this book…MORE<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Immense courage” (Photo: Brookie Maxwell)<\/p><\/div>\n

A RETROSPECTIVE ON WILLIAM MAXWELL \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BY CYNTHIA HAVEN:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI never felt sophisticated,\u201d the erudite and elderly Midwesterner explained to NPR\u2019s Terry Gross in 1995<\/a>.\u00a0 His modesty is certainly one reason why William Maxwell remains a connoisseur\u2019s writer, never achieving the wider recognition he deserves.\u00a0 Yet Maxwell\u2019s career was situated at the epicenter of American literature and letters: On staff at the New Yorker<\/em> from 1936 to 1975, he was the editor of J.D. Salinger, Vladimir Nabokov, Eudora Welty, Frank O\u2019Connor, John Cheever, and many other luminaries. … MORE<\/a><\/p>\n

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ANNOUNCING “ANOTHER LOOK”:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Book clubs have proliferated across the U.S., though most stick to middle-of-the-road bestsellers. Once in a while, however, you run across an off-the-beaten-track book you may not know about, praised by a leading literary figure. Where do you go to talk about this unfamiliar, top-notch fare?\u00a0 Look no further. Stanford is allowing readers to get an insider\u2019s look at literature, via a seasonal book club, \u201cAnother Look,\u201d which will be offered by one of the top-ranked English and creative writing departments in the nation. … MORE<\/a>
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