MEMBER BLOG TAG: history and the truth of fiction
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:16AM | | | | History and The Truth of Fiction | Tags: Jamin , Monso, LaLami, Wallner, History and the Truth of Fiction
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Four novelists-Arthur Japin, Laila Lalami, Michael Wallner and Imma Monso-took on the question of their relationship to historical and personal events. Colum McCann moderated the panel with wit and generosity. Of the four I was only familiar with the work Laila LaLami's fiction (Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits) so it was treat to be introduced to three new writers-Japin from The Netherlands , Wallner from Germany and Monso from Spain. This panel was one I was really excited to attend because it twined most specifically with questions with which I've been grappling in the novel I've just published The Border of Truth. The novel is both based on a refugee/ship situation in 1940. My father was aboard the "real" ship and one of... | | | | | | | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:31PM | | | | Let's get it started | Tags: Youth on the Frontlines, History and the Truth of Fiction, Postcards, Southgate
| | | I'm very excited to be covering three of the events that are part of PEN World Voices: History and the Truth of Fiction; Youth on the Frontlines and Postcards: Capturing Place. Each of these panels promise to either raise questions that I often wrestle with as a novelist or simply provide a fascinating look at issues that aren't a part of my work but that are worth considering. I look forward to hearing the perspectives of writers from all over the world.
A little bit about me: I'm a novelist, a mother and a sometime teacher, currently at the Brooklyn College MFA program (chaired by the divine Michael Cunningham). My latest book is entitled Third Girl From the Left --it's about mothers, daughters, movies, history--all... | | | | | |
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