Polly Dugan

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Polly Dugan's writing captures a moment in time and follows it as the afterward unfolds. Her predominantly Irish Catholic characters are challenged by their flaws, faith, morality, mortality and circumstances. Although animals often appear in her stories, she does not write animal stories.

Polly Dugan is a graduate of Dickinson College, and a four-time attendee of the Tin House Writers Workshop where she worked with Steve Almond, Elissa Schappell, Meg Storey and Joy Williams. Her stories have appeared in Line Zero and Narrative and received Honorable Mention recognition in Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers August 2009.

She lives in Portland, Oregon with her hu
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Anna Quindlen is one of my favorite writers and has long been an influence on my own writing.

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This novel is extraordinary. I couldn't put it down and finished it in two days. I know Raymond considers it an homage to Graham Greene's "The End of the Affair," which I haven't read, but it also reminded me of Paul Auster's brilliant work, of which ...more
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