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Steven Millhauser

American Novelist

Born: Aug 3, 1943

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Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach

What I dislike is conventional realism - a system of gestures, descriptions, psychological revelations that was once a vital way of representing the world but has become hackneyed through endless repetition. I'd argue that a conventional realist isn't a realist at all, but a falsifier of the real. Steven Millhauser

One thing I learned is that the park by the river in a recent story, 'Getting Closer,' is the same park by the river that appears for a moment near the end of 'The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad,' a story first published 23 years earlier. This echo at first irritated me, then pleased me deeply. Steven Millhauser

Me First Pleased One Thing Echo Park River Voyage Learned Years End Same Closer Getting Eighth Irritated Story Then Moment Appears Near Published Deeply Thing Earlier Recent

I don't take off time from teaching to write. I take time off from writing to teach. Steven Millhauser

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I began by working in a study in an attic, but for many years, I've used a small room in a library. What matters to me isn't decor or comfort but only quiet. I need to hear the rhythms of phrases, the music of sentences. Any place that allows me to do that is good enough. Steven Millhauser

Music Good Me Library Matters Enough Phrases Only Small Study Attic Comfort Hear Years Began Quiet Any Place Rhythms Room Sentences Working Used Many Need

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