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Why There Are Words

Jan.20.2013
Why There Are Words

I'll be reading from my new novel, The Translator. The event is held at Studio 333, where you are surrounded by amazing art created by Bay Area artists. $10 donation.

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May.11.2013 - 5:03 pm
A beautiful reading
I was at a reading, not sure who the readers were. The room was filled with all ages. The young crowd, with glistening skin and shiny hair, as if dipped in gloss. They sat tall,...
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May.06.2013 - 9:41 pm
A Walker Percy Sentence
I’m always astonished to discover how much tension and subtext a good writer can achieve in a single sentence. A good writer makes it look effortless, but when you begin to...
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Apr.29.2013 - 10:09 am
My Review of Jamie Quatro's "I Want to Show You More"
“I Want To Show You More,” by Jamie Quatro Reviewed By Nina Schuyler April 29th, 2013 While a short story collection can be knitted together in a lot of different ways—character...
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Apr.26.2013 - 10:48 am
Sentence by Sentence
"And the words slide into the slots ordained by syntax, and glitter as with atmospheric dust with those impurities which we call meaning."-- Anthony Burgess, Enderby He's right,...
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Comments from Nina

May.04.2011 - 9:46 am
In response to: How an Unlikely Friendship Formed Over a Baby, a Lost Dog, and a Bike
Thank you, Kim. Connection
Thank you, Kim. Connection or disconnnection seems to underlie a lot of conflict in story and human relations.
Jan.13.2011 - 7:37 pm
In response to: "The Bob Society"
This story has been
This story has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Jan.12.2011 - 1:47 pm
In response to: Saul Bellow and the Art of Surprise
Thank you for your post,
Thank you for your post, Karl. I think Bellow really shines in his novels. I suppose with any first person narrator,...
Dec.20.2010 - 9:46 am
In response to: How is a Joke Like a Short Story?
Thank you. Thinking this way
Thank you. Thinking this way has taken some of the pressure off of creating short stories as an art form. And it has...
Dec.20.2010 - 9:44 am
In response to: How is a Joke Like a Short Story?
Ron, I agree with you. That
Ron, I agree with you. That common pattern lets the reader/viewer settle into something familiar and then the writer...

Writing

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Short Story: The View From Over Here
Short Story: The Cleaning Woman
The Ledge 2010 Fiction Awards

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The Painting
Nov.26.2004
The Painting
Published by Rocky Mountain News
Best Reason to Read: For Schuyler's stylistic versatility. The author's richly imagined Japanese sections resemble Japanese art with their delicate strokes and her darker...
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Bernal Yoga Literary Series
20 Jun 2013 - 7:00 pm
San Francisco, California
Why There Are Words
11 Jul 2013 - 7:00 pm
Sausalito, California
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About Nina

I'm thrilled my next novel, THE TRANSLATOR, will be published July, 2013 by Pegasus Books. My first novel, THE PAINTING, was named by the San Francisco Chronicle as a Best Book for 2004 and by MSNBC as a “fearless debut.” It also was nominated for a Northern...
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Causes Nina Schuyler Supports

Environment California
Sierra Club
National Resources Defense Council

Nina’s Favorite Books

To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann The Death of the Adversary, Hans Keilson Elizabeth Costello, J.M. Coetzee Jazz, Toni...