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    Tom Perrotta on His Reading Habits

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    Tom Perrotta talks about never getting around to reading what he should. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Tom Perrotta’s Advice to Writers

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    Tom Perrotta debunks the maxim of always writing what you know. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Tom Perrotta on His Creative Process

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    Tom Perrotta shares his writing schedule. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Tom Perrotta on Obama as a Literary Figure

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    Tom Perrotta talks about the importance of having a writer and a thinker as president. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Tom Perrotta on American Gloom

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    Tom Perrotta notes a radical mood swing in American culture lately. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Tom Perrotta on Suburbia

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    Tom Perrotta forecasts the new suburban dystopia. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Tom Perrotta on Religion

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    Tom Perrotta tells of grappling with Catholicism and basic sexual urges. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Belief

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    Tom Perrotta on “The Abstinence Teacher”

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    Tom Perrotta taks about his latest book and religious and moral values in the United States. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Tom Perrotta on Becoming a Writer

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    Tom Perrotta recounts a childhood immersed in books. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Tom Perrotta on Screenwriting

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    Tom Perrotta on the joy of writing movies. Read More

    February 9, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Tom Perrotta and the State of American Literary Culture

    Tom Perrotta

    Tom Perrotta on whether literature is dead. Read More

    February 8, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture

User_riyi_3b2e5f015 Thomas R. Perrotta is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were made into critically acclaimed, Golden Globe-nominated films. Perrotta co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film version of Little Children with Todd Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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