Jeanette Winterson
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Unhappy families are conspiracies of silence
I would rather be this me—the me that I have become—than the me I might have become without books, without education, and without all the things that have happened to me along the way.
If you want something to be clear straightaway then it’s probably better not to read my books.More quotes »
Around the web
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Daily Dose for Wed, May 30: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most admired books of the past few decades, including her internationally bestselling first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, the sto from Powell's Books Read more »
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She's a ball of energy with a new book about her childhood and an ecstatic new love affair
IN A WHIRLWINDWITH WINTERSONShe's a ball of energy with a new book about her childhood and an ecstatic new love affair. Ciara Dwyer meets the force of nature that is Jeanette WintersonON a grey afternoon in London, Jeanette Winterson bounds into the offi from Independent.ie Read more »
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Jeanette Winterson: teaching creative writing
Hi, I'm currently doing a creative writing essay and I'd like to ask for advice on how you would describe a bomb … That is my favourite Google search for creative writing. There are hundreds of courses currently on offer in the UK, ranging from tried and from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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Jeanette Winterson becomes a professor
JEANETTE Winterson is to become professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. The author, whose first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published in 1985, is due to begin a two-year stint at the Centre for New Writing in October from The Australian Read more »
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On Mothers in Memoirs
Of my first anthology The May Queen , Charles McGrath wrote in the New York Times that there was a "ghost" in the collection -- "the mother of the essayist, who is variously memorialized or blamed for being too perfect, an impossible role model, or for n from The Huffington Post Read more »
