One man props open the door to his shoe store and leaves a note. He is on the faculty at iowa state university and the warren wilson mfa program for writers. In the sweltering heat of one summer in a small midwestern town, claire and don. In please dont come back from the moon, dean bakopoulos delivers a piece of fiction that looks at the daytoday struggles of the working class with an eye that combines a grittily realism with moments of sheer magic. The story is poignant and weighty, but bakopoulos has written it in a way that keeps it from being downright sad or depressing. Deans third novel, summerlong, will be published by eccoharpercollins in june 2015. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. A child of immigrants, he grew up speaking both ukrainian and english, was shy to the point of psychosis, and avoided group gatherings and rarely left his mothers side.
A dazzling debut thats both earthy and anguished as hope battles despair, with heartbreak always just below the surface. Henry award, a hopwood award, and the platsis prize for work in the greek legacy. One by one other men also vanish from the bluecollar neighborhood outside detroit where their fathers before them had lived, raised families, and, in a more promising era, worked. Dean bakopoulos is the author of the new york times notable book please dont come back from the moon and my american unhappiness. Hello select your address amazon pay best sellers mobiles customer service new releases best sellers mobiles customer service new releases. In 2004 he was named one of americaas best new novel writers by virginia quarterly. Dean bakopoulos is the author of the novel please dont come back from the moon, a new york times notable book, and the recipient of fellowships from the national endowment for the arts and the guggenheim foundation. Lorrie moore summerlong is dean bakopoulos at his finest. Dean bakopoulos is an author from detroit, michigan.
Dean bakopoulos please dont come back from the moon was a new york times notable book. Please dont come back from the moon ebook written by dean bakopoulos. He is an assistant professor of english at grinnell college in grinnell, iowa. In scorpionfish, we meet a woman who returns to greece after living in the states and. Dean bakopoulos was born in dearborn heights, michigan on july 6, 1975 to a ukrainian mother and a greek father. The summer michael smolij turns sixteen, his father disappears. Dean bakopoulos is a great talenteverything he writes is full of insight and inspiration and the best kind of divine comedy. Dean bakopoulos librarything catalog your books online. Kindle store go search todays deals vouchers amazonbasics. It felt a bit like a shakespearean comedy in that the characters are so active we almost forget their world is imploding. Here is a list of popular books set in the state of michigan. Bakopoulos doesnt make a single wrong move, seamlessly integrating the magicrealism elements into the rest.
The latter provides the setting for bakopoulos s third novel, summerlong, scheduled for release in january 2015 by eccoharpercollins. Dean bakopoulos is a former bookseller, and has published fiction is zoetrope and other journals. The author of please dont come back from the moon and my american unhappiness delivers his breakout novel. July 5, 2012 in fiction, erin morgenstern conjures starcrossed magicians, rachel dewoskin revisits the horrors of high school, and dean bakopoulos widower pursues new love. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Natalie bakopoulos holds an mfa in fiction from the university of michigan, where she now teaches. Deans third novel, summerlong, will be published by eccoharpercollins in june. One by one other men also vanish from the bluecollar neighborhood outside detroit where their. Search hello select your address select your address. The book is set in grinnell, iowa bakopoulos is writer in residence at grinnell college and is told from the perspectives of several characters. Dean bakopoulos on novels, teachers, and teaching um.
Please dont come back from the moon book by dean bakopoulos. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. His wife, claire, is a writer whos spent more than a decade blocked on her second book. As bakopoulos writes in an authors note, the book is a kind of elegy for his fathers generation of downtrodden workingclass men, but their disappointments are tempered by the modest hopes and. We try to understand which elementsdiction, syntax, point of view and so. Buy a cheap copy of please dont come back from the moon book by dean bakopoulos. Dean bakopoulos, author of please dont come back from the moon, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. Dean bakopoulos books list of books by author dean. Now, bakopoulos teaches fiction writing in the prestigious mfa program for writers at warren wilson college each january, and is a writerinresidence at grinnell college. Bakopoulos please dont come back from the moon trades in urban angst for smalltown discontent in this novel, which begins on a latespring evening in grinnell, iowa, when married father of. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read summerlong. It is the early 1990s, and a great many of the men in maple rockdean bakopoulos s fictional workingclass, ukrainianpolishgreek bit of detroitare still out of work and deeply depressed. In my classes, we read great fiction obsessively, and then attempt to see how a writer managed to affect us.
Dean bakopoulos is the author of please dont come back from the moon and my american unhappiness, both published by houghton mifflin harcourt. Origin story contributors submissions newsletter shop. Please dont come back from the moon by dean bakopoulos. Dean bakopoulos audio books, best sellers, author bio. Books that should be on your radar original fiction the writers bone interviews the writers guide to music features essays the boneyard about. In 2004 he was named one of americas best new novel writers by virginia quarterly. His wife, claire, leaves the house on this same night to go on a midnight run only to find herself bumming cigarettes and beer outside the allnight convenience store. This is a book for any season, any reader, anywhereit shimmers with magic, lust, and love. His second novel, my american unhappiness, was named one of the years best novels by the chicago tribune, and his latest novel, summerlong, just released in paperback, was. Dean paints a vivid picture of a working class michigan neighborhood where oneby. She is a contributing editor for the online journal fiction. Scorpionfish natalie bakopoulos 9781947793750 netgalley. An iowa college town is ground zero for a host of relationship dramas in this provocative, sultry tale. Michigan is the 26th state of the union and its name is derived from the ojibwa indian word mishigama meaning big water.
Dean bakopoulos the summer michael smolij turns sixteen, his father disappears. Midlife is when you have to accept what youve created, knowing that the life you have is is the only one youll live. One night don, a father of three, leaves his house for an evening stroll, only to wake up the next morning stoned, and sleeping in a hammock next to a young woman he barely knows. Please dont come back from the moon by dean bakopoulos fictiondb. Five questions for dean bakopoulos on summerlong fiction. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Identity is a concept that athens has always grappled with, something that continues to this day. Explore books by dean bakopoulos with our selection at. About the author dean bakopoulos author of summerlong. Dean bakopoulos author dean bakopoulos is the author of the novel please dont come back from the moon, a new york times notable book, and the recipient of fellowships from the national endowment for the arts and the guggenheim foundation. Please dont come back from the moon dean bakopoulos. Don lowry is a real estate agent whos having trouble making sales in great recession era grinnell.
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