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Today, we hear from Jessica Anthony whose latest novel, THE MOST, will be released in July. We’re talking to Jessica about how to cover a large amount of time by using time itself as your organizing principal, especially when writing a short novel or novella.
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Jessica Anthony is the author of three books of fiction, The Convalescent, which won the Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award from McSweeney’s, Chopsticks, which she coauthored with graphic designer Rodrigo Corral, and most recently the novel Enter the Aardvark, a finalist for the New England Book Award in Fiction. A recipient of the Creative Capital Award in Literature, Anthony wrote The Most while guarding the Mária Valéria Bridge in Štúrovo, Slovakia. She lives in Portland, Maine.
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