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a media sponsor of the 2010 citibank-ubud writers & readers festival 6-10 october 2010
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY is an important genre because it sheds light on an author’s life in relation to their body of work. There are two outstanding literary biographies published so far this year: Blake Bailey’s Cheever: A Life (Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), Tracy Daugherty’s Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme (St. Martin’s Press, 2009) and Brad Gooch’s Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor (Little, Brown, 2009).
posted by Eric Forbes at 6:52 PM
I am a senior book and magazine editor who lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I love books and the freedom to read whatever makes me happy: both fiction and nonfiction. I have always been obsessed with the relationship between literature and life and its role in society. As an editor, I have edited many books, but never get tired of the grand adventure of reading. We must never underestimate the redeeming power of fiction in our lives. The idea that there is something out there that is far, far bigger than our lives sustains some of our lives. I am the co-editor of URBAN ODYSSEYS: KL STORIES.
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