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Jeff Vande Zande
Novelist, short fiction writer, poet, and screenwriter

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PUBLISHED: Jan.19.2009

Landscape with Fragmented Figures

Betrayed by his art and disillusioned by his job as a professor, Ray Casper finds that his long-time girlfriend has just left him. At the death of his estranged father, he links up with his out-of-work brother Sammy, and things really get complicated. Sammy moves in with Ray and needs a job; Ray needs inspiration to paint again, and both have to keep from killing each other....

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2004

Emergency Stopping and Other Stories

Emergency Stopping contains eleven short stories that all take place in Michigan and have their characters struggling with work and money.

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Jan.26.2009 - 8:28 pm

Multiple Genres

I've written short fiction, novels, poetry, and I've done some screenwriting. I've had success in all four genres, though I would say that I'm mainly a fiction writer and poet. ...

Jan.25.2009 - 6:33 pm

Blocked

Has anyone else been blocked by writing success? It's strange, but I haven't written any fiction since my novel, Landscape with Fragmented Figures, was accepted by Bottom Dog...

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Jan.28.2009 - 11:42 am

In response to: Blocked

Waiting for the BM

Good advice. In the meantime, I'm getting a few short stories and poems in the mail to some magazines. If blocked,...

Jan.27.2009 - 10:48 am

In response to: Multiple Genres

Hmm . . .

I like what you're saying. Plus, I think the genres can speak to each other. Sometimes I find that my fiction is more...

Jan.26.2009 - 8:21 pm

In response to: Blocked

Thanks

LeesaMaree, Thanks for your good words. I hope for you as few blocks as possible. Dale, Thanks for helping me stay in...

About Jeff

Jeff Vande Zande lives in Michigan and teaches writing at Delta College. His books include the novel Into the Desperate Country, the collection Emergency Stopping and Other Stories, and the collection Poems New, Used, and Rebuilds. His most recent novel,...

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Causes Jeff Vande Zande Supports

Salvation Army

United Way

American Cancer Association

Dzanc Books

Jeff’s Favorite Books

Fahrenheit 451 On the Road Catcher in the Rye Henderson the Rain King The Natural The Road

Jeff Vande ZandeNovelist, short fiction writer, poet, and screenwriter