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Edward Hower


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January 10, 1941

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Edward Hower has published nine novels, two books of stories, and, most recently, What Can You Do: Personal Essays and Travel Writing. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Smithsonian, American Scholar, and elsewhere. He has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and two Fulbright grants to India.

After Hower graduated from Cornell University in 1963, he lived in East Africa for three years, where he taught high school, sang in local nightclubs, and wrote his first novel, The New Life Hotel. Later, he earned a masters degree in Anthropology from the University of California, doing field work among Los Angeles street gangs.

More recently, he has taught at several American universities a
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Average rating: 3.19 · 31 ratings · 5 reviews · 19 distinct works
Shadows and Elephants

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The Pomegranate Princess: A...

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A Garden of Demons: A Novel

3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003
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The New Life Hotel

2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions
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Wolf Tickets

2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions
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The Storms of May: A Novel

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Night Train Blues

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Queen of the Silver Dollar

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Voices in the Water: Collec...

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Slick

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