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Brian Rogers

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California native Brian Rogers attended the University of the Pacific and the graduate writing program at San Francisco State University. A former stand-up comedian, he was awarded the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society prize for Best Novel-in-Progress, served as the George Bennett Fellow (Writer-in-Residence) at Phillips Exeter Academy, and has been a finalist for other awards including the Bakeless Prize in Fiction from Bread Loaf and the Best Teleplay prize from the Austin Film Festival. His short play, Come Back, Burt Lancaster, has been featured in a variety of festivals and showcases, and he is the author of Inhabitants of the Earth, a chapbook of flash fiction. Brian has taught at many colleges and high schools over the years, and prese ...more

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Brian your novel The Whole of the Moon got such nice reviews. Does reading them inspire you or do you try to avoid them?

Brian Rogers I re-read the good ones on a daily basis! (Jesting, of course.) For a number of years I performed professionally as a stand-up comedian; there the res…moreI re-read the good ones on a daily basis! (Jesting, of course.) For a number of years I performed professionally as a stand-up comedian; there the response is instantaneous -- you know immediately whether a joke/bit is working. Writing is so much different, yes. You write, and out it goes, and you . . . wait. So a positive review is gratifying, like a message in a bottle getting answered.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Brian Rogers I was in a library that still uses the old-fashioned library cards. Some of the books reach back decades. Seeing the names there, it struck me that th…moreI was in a library that still uses the old-fashioned library cards. Some of the books reach back decades. Seeing the names there, it struck me that these people, who have presumably never met, are nonetheless connected. For whatever reason they reached for the same book. My book imagines six of these people.(less)

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Why I Named My Novel 'The Whole of the Moon'

When I first watched Showtime’s "The Affair," I thought Sarah Treem and company got it just right. The alternating points of view, about as literary of a device as you will find, demonstrate that experience depends on perspective. We can never really be sure if our truth is the truth. Four people stand on four street corners and witness an accident, and you know you’ll get four versions of what ha Read more of this blog post »

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