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The Great Summer Read Is Here
You mention Moby-Dick in the novel. When you were spending summers in Sag Harbor, were you aware of the village's literary tradition? Melville, James Fenimore Cooper, Steinbeck, Gloria Naylor, Doctorow—and earlier, Langston Hughes, others from the Harlem Renaissance coming out to visit?
Not really. For some reason, I got taught a lot of Steinbeck in elementary school, so I thought it was neat that Travels With Charlie opened in Sag Harbor, but apart from him, I wasn’t really aware of that kind of stuff.
Where do you fit yourself in Sag Harbor’s literary pantheon?
Pantheon? God of Slouches. Umm, I’d say I fill the “Scorpio born in ’69, likes Keats and long walks at sunset” slot.
Jane Ciabattari’s work has appeared in The Guardian online, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, among others. She is president of the National Book Critics Circle and author of the short-story collection Stealing the Fire. Recent short stories are online at KGB Bar Lit, Verbsap, and Literary Mama.
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Michael Moore is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and author. He directed and produced Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko. He has also written seven books, most recently, Mike’s Election Guide 2008.
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Nicole LaPorte is a West Coast reporter for The Daily Beast. A former film reporter for Variety, she has also written for The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Observer, and W.
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Jane Ciabattari’s work has appeared in Bookforum,The Guardian online, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, among others. She is president of the National Book Critics Circle and author of the short-story collection Stealing the Fire. Recent short stories are online at KGB Bar Lit, Verbsap, Literary Mama and Lost Magazine.
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Jane Ciabattari’s work has appeared in Bookforum,The Guardian online, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, among others. She is president of the National Book Critics Circle and author of the short-story collection Stealing the Fire. Recent short stories are online at KGB Bar Lit, Verbsap, Literary Mama and Lost Magazine.
The Unstoppable Cult of Jane Eyre
Jane Ciabattari’s work has appeared in Bookforum,The Guardian online, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, among others. She is president of the National Book Critics Circle and author of the short-story collection Stealing the Fire. Recent short stories are online at KGB Bar Lit, Verbsap, Literary Mama and Lost Magazine.
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