Eugenides talking about MY MISTRESS’S SPARROW IS DEAD. NPR

 I have a non-fic piece called Eighties Kid out on Tom's Voice Magazine. Take a look, and tell me what you think!

Peace,

aaron

Jeffrey has a new collection that he edits coming from Harper Collins on January 8th, 2008. Be friends with the official myspace site of My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead

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Sounds like the shooter hit the languages building. How sad in every possible way, and even closer to my heart than I thought. How mighty is the pen? Stronger than bullets? I have to believe so. I don't believe in anything else.

peace,

aaron

LONDON (Reuters) -

Literary heavyweights Salman Rushdie and Philip Roth were pitched against 13 other writers from around the world when the shortlist was announced for the Man Booker International Prize.

The intriguing shortlist, announced at a press conference in Toronto on Thursday, ranged from Nigerian Chinua Achebe, Irishman John Banville and Britain's Ian McEwan to Australian Peter Carey, Canada's Margaret Atwood and Israeli Amos Oz.

The judges said "We offer a gift to readers all over the world, an opportunity to join a conversation on 15 writers, diverse in nationality, language, themes and techniques but united in their dedication to the power of the word."

In contrast to the annual Booker Prize which is awarded to one particular novel, the International Prize highlights a writer's complete works. The 60,000 pound prize is awarded every two years.