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Nov 23, 2020 · JAMES MAGNUSON: A literary Life & Legacy. by GREGORY CURTIS. The Ransom Center recently acquired the archive of a vitally important literary figure. James Magnuson is a widely respected author. He has published nine well-received novels, won awards while writing for the movies and for television, and has seen so many of his plays produced that ...
About the Author. James Magnuson was born in 1941 and grew up in a series of small towns in Wisconsin and North Dakota. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, he made a living as a playwright in New York City, directing street theater in Harlem and producing his own plays in some of the most obscure theaters in the city.
Jan 13, 2014 · "Mr. Magnuson spins his rambunctious tale with…evident glee." ― Christopher Kelly, New York Times " Famous Writers I Have Known is the engaging story of an ingenious con-man who enters the world of Creative Writing with a mixture of innocence, nerve and talent. James Magnuson creates a character both cunning and warmhearted.
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FAMOUS WRITERS I HAVE KNOWN. By James Magnuson. 313 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $25.95. Adam Langer’s latest novel is “The Salinger Contract.”. He is the arts and culture editor of The ...
Jan 6, 2014 · Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel by James Magnuson, Famous Writers I Have Known. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Conman and writer - not two career choices I would likely put together - but James Magnuson's ...
James Magnuson. Psych. Sciences, U. Connecticut; BCBL (Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language) Actions and affordances in syntactic ambiguity resolution. The time course of spoken word learning and recognition: studies with artificial lexicons. Acoustic differences, listener expectations, and the perceptual accommodation of talker ...
Jan 24, 2014 · Magnuson directs the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, and so he knows something about the literary world he lovingly lampoons in the novel. Many of the laughs come ...
