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Nova, Craig was born on July 5, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Karl and Elizabeth (Sinclair) Nova.
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Tornado Alley
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Wetware
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Turkey Hash: A Novel
(Niles Cabro gives new meaning to the term "street wise." ...)
Niles Cabro gives new meaning to the term "street wise." Growing up in teh bleak fringes of Los Angeles, Cabro has had to survive the break-up of his hate-infested family, only to find himself trying to survive the brutalities of the street. Cabro has been spared true tragedy by the fierce loyalty of his friends. But can he let those same friends go when it suddenly appears as though they're about to go down for the count? Washington Post Book World: "This novel carries the kick of a nail poked into a live light socket... It produces a shock of illumination regarding the violence of our times." Chicago Daily News: "Turkey Hash explores essentially the same badlands of the American spirit as do the novels of Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald... Nova uses his words skillfully and with taut descriptive precision..."
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Brook Trout and the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life
(In this memoir, novelist Craig Nova explores the intercon...)
In this memoir, novelist Craig Nova explores the interconnections between his work as a writer, his personal life, and his passion for fly fishing. Nova leads the reader into his courtship, marriage, the birth of his children, and his life as a father, husband, writer, friend, citizen, and angler. Just as the author observes the life of the elusive and beautiful brook trout in the tea-colored streams, he finds interconnections to his daily life--he teaches his daughter to build an igloo; he deals with the disappointment of a very public mean-spirited review of his much-anticipated novel; he gazes at his wife-to-be in her hammock by a stream; he finds himself the victim of a random blackmailer. Unpredictable and keenly observed, Nova leads us through the terrain of the life of an artist. The constants are the stream and the brook trout whic offer both respite from the demands of his life and a wellspring of inspiration and strength. It is a paean to nature and the beauty of the brook trout. This autobiography is a reprint and expansion of Nova's highly regarded memoir originally published in 1999. This new edition includes substantial sections of new work and an introduction by Ann Beattie.
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(Brook Trout and the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life ) Author: Craig Nova May-2011
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Tornado Alley
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Tornado Alley
( Tornado Alley is a story of a man and a woman who are o...)
Tornado Alley is a story of a man and a woman who are on a dangerous collision course. Marie Boule is a love-starved young woman who grew up in a small, impoverished town in Pennsylvania, and her one desire is to find a comfortable, easy life. She thinks she is capable of hardening her heart and making any sacrifice necessary to get where she's going. It is only a matter of time before she meets Ben Lunn, a bright and responsible man who thinks he has made his peace with the woman he has married and the demands of being a father and husband. When Ben and Marie meet it is with all the unstoppable quality of a force of nature: at first, they are just pleased with each other's company, a kind of innocent companionship they both crave, but soon they enter into a secret bond. Benn Lunn's life has been marked by gifts, not the least of which is a kind of magical sense about the world. He is the son of a small-town doctor, and in the heat of the place where he grew up, in the scandals of those around him, there is always the constant presence of the effect of passion. His mother ran off to become an actress... his father keeps his own love alive, waiting for her return. Marie has seen, in her own youth, the result of love come to nothing, and she is determined to avoid this at all costs... Tornado Alley is a compelling novel about love and loss, honor and passion, and the mysteries of the human heart. It is told with drama and humor, and its characters are real people dealing with the recognizable problems of life.
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Incandescence (Capuchin Classics)
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Stargell had it all: a prestigious job at a think tank; a beautiful Greek wife; and money enough to indulge his expensive tastes. But when he loses his job for using the think tank’s computer to play the horses, his life starts taking a very definite turn for the worse. Suddenly he’s broke, his wife is going crazy, and a very determined Lower East Side loan shark has his number. In the midst of all this danger and chaos, however, the resilient and darkly comic Stargell pushes his limits while playing it by ear. Stargell is sustained by those rare moments of redeeming grace when every experience feels vital and valuable, when even in the darkest moments.
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Wetware by Nova, Craig (2003) Paperback
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Brook Trout and the Writing Life
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The Good Son: A Novel
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“The Good Son is the work of an artist in full command, and those of you entering it for the first time can only be envied.” —From the foreword by Jonathan Yardley Chip Mackinnon returns from World War II a changed man. After being shot down over the desert and imprisoned by the enemy, the world of privilege to which he belongs seems shallow. But in the shadow of his older brother’s death, the full weight of his father’s expectations falls on Chip. Pop Mackinnon—whose money is new but just as good as anyone else’s—has designs on the upper echelons of society. The polo ponies and expensive education he bought for his son weren’t gifts; they were an investment in the family’s future. Now it’s time for Chip to pay him back by marrying a girl who can finally bring the Mackinnons into society’s inner circle. A shrewd and cunning man, Pop is used to getting his way—until the arrival of Jean Cooper, that is. This Midwestern beauty awakens Chip’s passions, and the two embark on an affair that threatens to destroy Pop’s social-climbing plans. A battle of wills between father and son ensues, one that tests the boundaries of their relationship and strays into the place where love turns irrevocably to hate. Originally published in 1982 to wide acclaim, The Good Son remains Craig Nova’s undisputed masterpiece. This classic of contemporary American literature artfully explores the complicated web of emotions that exists between fathers and sons—ambition, jealousy, loyalty, love—in a tale that compels with its simple, searing honesty. Also Available as an eBook.
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- Book of Dreams AND Tornado Alley
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Craig Nova
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Craig Nova, American Writer. Recipient Harper-Saxton prize Harper and Row, Publications, 1972; recipient award in literature American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters; Guggenheim Found.fellow, 1977; fellow National Endowment for Arts, 1973, National Endowment for Arts, 1975, Creative Artists Public Service, 1976; National Education Association fellow, 1985;story included in Best American Short Stories, 1987.
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1967; Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, 1969.
Career
Distinguished professor humanities University North Carolina, Greensboro, since 2005.
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Brook Trout and the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life
(In this memoir, novelist Craig Nova explores the intercon...)
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Incandescence
( Stargell had it all: a prestigious job at a think tank;...)
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Incandescence (Capuchin Classics)
( Stargell had it all: a prestigious job at a think tank;...)
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The Good Son: A Novel
(“The Good Son is the work of an artist in full command, a...)
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Tornado Alley
(''Tornado Alley is the kind of book one takes to the beac...)
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Tornado Alley
( Tornado Alley is a story of a man and a woman who are o...)
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Turkey Hash: A Novel
(Niles Cabro gives new meaning to the term "street wise." ...)
- Book of Dreams AND Tornado Alley
- Tornado Alley
- Wetware
- (Brook Trout and the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life ) Author: Craig Nova May-2011
- Tornado Alley
- Wetware by Nova, Craig (2003) Paperback
- Brook Trout and the Writing Life
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Brook Trout and the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life
Connections
Married Christina Barnes, July 2, 1977. Children: Abigail, Tate.
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Recipient Harper-Saxton prize Harper and Row, Publications, 1972. Recipient award in literature American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters. Guggenheim Found.fellow, 1977. Fellow National Endowment for Arts, 1973, National Endowment for Arts, 1975, Creative Artists Public Service, 1976. National Education Association fellow, 1985;story included in Best American Short Stories, 1987. M C.Recipient Harper-Saxton prize Harper and Row, Publications, 1972. Recipient award in literature American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters. Guggenheim Found.fellow, 1977.
Fellow National Endowment for Arts, 1973, National Endowment for Arts, 1975, Creative Artists Public Service, 1976. National Education Association fellow, 1985;story included in Best American Short Stories, 1987. M C.