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James Cañón

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Ibagué, Colombia

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"Cañón’s strong and simple writing, which is touched by humor and magic realism, never falters.”
— The New Yorker

James was born and raised in Colombia. After majoring in Advertising in Bogotá, he moved to New York to study English. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University.
His debut novel, Tales from the Town of Widows & Chronicles from the Land of Men, has been published in over twenty countries. It won Le Prix du Premier Roman Étranger 2008 (Best First Foreign Novel Prize) and Le Prix des Lecteurs Vincennes 2008, and was a finalist for both the 2008 Edmund White Fiction Award, and a 2008 Lambda Literary Award for Best Debut Fiction. The American School Library Journal chose it as one of the “Ten Best Adult Books of ...more

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	حكايات من ضيعة الأرامل ووقائع من أرض الرجال by James Cañón (Goodreads Author), خالد الجبيلي (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 1,284 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unpublishable by Chris Molnar (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Etan Nechin (Editor), Daphne Palasi Andreades (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virgins, Guerrillas, and Locas: Gay Latinos Writing about Love by Jaime Cortez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rane Arroyo, Rodger Schira 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	La aldea de las viudas 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literatura Latina : De beste verhalen uit Latijns-Amerika by James Cañón (Goodreads Author), Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	7 maneras efectivas para dejar la vapeadiccion by James Cannon, James Cañón (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“So what if those stupid roosters don't want to crow?
If we've learned to live without men, we can learn to live without cocks.”
― James Cañón

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“So what if those stupid roosters don't want to crow?
If we've learned to live without men, we can learn to live without cocks.”
― James Cañón

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message 6: by Saleh

Dec 25, 2008 01:57PM

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.What We Talk About When We Talk About Love?PLZ Answer The Question In My Profile.

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message 5: by James

Apr 13, 2008 12:46PM

Hola Jessica-

Yes, it should be a fun event. I like Silvana Paternostro's work a lot. By the way, I read your interview on FC2. You were really, really good. Zero patience for stupid or misleading questions!

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message 4: by Jessica

Apr 13, 2008 09:26AM

James!
I saw that you're going to be at El Museo del Barrio! If it weren't midweek, I'd be there, for sure...great show up there right now, btw...
saludos,
jessica

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message 3: by Yessi

Mar 27, 2008 10:54PM