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Donna Levin

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Donna Levin is an almost-San Francisco native, since she was born in Oakland. She’s the author of four previous novels, *Extraordinary Means*, *California Street*, *There’s More Than One Way Home*, and *He Could Be Another Bill Gates*, as well as two books on the craft of writing, *Get That Novel Started* and *Get That Novel Written*. Her papers are part of the Howard Gotlieb Research Center at Boston University, and the California State Library’s collection of California novels. On April 23, 2024, Skyhorse Publishing published her latest novel, The Talking Stick.

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Scrivere un romanzo

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There's More Than One Way Home

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Extraordinary Means

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Get That Novel Started!

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The Talking Stick: A Novel

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He Could Be Another Bill Gates

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California Street: A Mystery

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Of the Gale novels that I've read so far, this is definitely in the top 2 or 3. It's got an unusual structure and is kind of a jigsaw puzzle - you have to constantly shift the pieces around to see if and how they fit. As the title s" Read more of this review »
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“Scrivere vuol dire vivere in uno stato di tensione tra l'arrendersi ai processi inconsci (ovvero aspettare che sia la Musa a ispirarci) e l'imporsi una forma rigorosa su ciò che si sta facendo. Se si possiede solo la tecnica, il lavoro sarà senz'anima, ma se si ha solo l'istinto, il lavoro potrà essere sciatto e troppo personale.”
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