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David Means


Born
in Kalamazoo, Michigan, The United States
October 17, 1961

Genre
Fiction


David Means is an American short story writer and novelist based in Nyack, New York. His stories have appeared in many publications, including Esquire, The New Yorker, and Harper's. They are frequently set in the Midwest or the Rust Belt, or along the Hudson River in New York. ...more

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Average rating: 3.42 · 5,744 ratings · 899 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors
Hystopia
2.93 avg rating — 1,503 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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Two Nurses, Smoking: Stories
3.44 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions
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Assorted Fire Events
3.77 avg rating — 510 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions
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Instructions for a Funeral:...
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The Secret Goldfish: Stories
3.52 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions
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The Spot
3.52 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2010 — 20 editions
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A River in Egypt
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The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934
3.68 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010
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A Quick Kiss of Redemption ...
4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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The Knocking
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“We are the graceless and dumbfounded, insane with our own insatiable desire for another time and place.”
― David Means
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“In an average life lived by a relatively average soul, what else remains but singular moments of astonishingly framed light?”
― David Means, Two Nurses, Smoking: Stories
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“If there is a God, he thought, I'll speak directly to him when the time comes, and if there isn't a God I'll have to invent one, and I'll find a way to thank him for the way I feel when I watch her move.”
― David Means, Hystopia
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