Francine Prose
Author
Francine Prose is the author of fifteen books of fiction, including A Changed Man and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the nonfiction New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. Her latest novel, Goldengrove, was published in September 2008. She is the president of PEN American Center. She lives in New York City.
Prose might be an insomniac either way, but the author finds writing to be a useful—and important—distraction.
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Though the literary canon is ripe for an update, Prose argues there’s still a lot to be learned about contemporary culture from the classics.
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Francine Prose discusses reading as a writer and the importance of influence.
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Author Francine Prose uncovers some unexpected things about the young diarist—most notably that her diary wasn’t a diary at all, but a heavily edited and re-written memoir.
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