And of course, the absolutely outstanding news from the Gus & Nami household:Writer's Group: Faculty, Alumni, Emeritus
Seven and a half years in the writing, and in thirty-six hours it was over: Nami's book, Miles From Nowhere (working title), will be published by Riverhead sometime in the first half of 2009. I've never seen anyone work so hard on anything as Nami worked on this book, and this is truly one of the most beautiful works of prose I’ve ever read.So let's hear it for one more of our own... First John, then Shawna, now Nami: our little collective is putting itself on the map.
(GR's note reprinted without permission...)
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This news was reported as big news in "Publishers Lunch" as follows: "Pushcart Prize-winner Nami Mun's debut novel, MILES FROM NOWHERE, which follows teenage Joon's journey on the streets of New York as a runaway in a homeless shelter, in a strip club, in and out of crack dens, as an Avon Lady, and finally as she searches for a way back into a world even she isn't sure she wants to be a part of, to Megan Lynch at Riverhead, in a pre-empt, by Amy Williams of McCormick & Williams Literary Agency. The agency's PJ Mark will sell UK and translation." Everyone cross fingers for lots of interest at the Frankfurt Bookfair!
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