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Creating in the Shadows: A Talk with Nelson George
05/12/09
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"I identify more with Nick Carraway now than I did when I was younger," Nelson George says about the observant character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Carraway captured George's attention when he was a nerdy adolescent growing up in Queens, a fact he recalls in his new memoir City Kid,
which chronicles his coming of age and its influence on his career as a
writer. "I've been around a lot of Gatsbys," he adds. "I'm just like
Nick, the guy standing by the side watching the drama unfold."
Read the rest of the interview on my blog at The Root.
Read the rest of the interview on my blog at The Root.
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