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Peter Selgin
Hattertown, Connecticut. Leo " Half" Napoli mourns his dead hat factory worker father while daydreaming of being the first man on the moon and thereby " partaking of something of…
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Essays that return to place and past, exploring the implications of and consequences of nostalgia –
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A madcap romp of friendship, movie-making, insanity and salvation. Humorous and heartrending, brilliantly executed.
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In all thirteen tales, Selgin exhibits a keen eye for the forces that push people toward-and sometimes beyond-their very human limits, forces as intrinsic, elemental, and elusive as the liquid…
Writing successful fiction is a balance between trusting one’s own instincts and making the right conscious choices. In by Cunning & Craft, award-winning novelist and short-story writer Peter Selgin shows…
Unlike other craft books on writing, Your First Page is based on the premise that almost everything that can go right or wrong in a work of fiction or memoir…
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Fall, 1970. At the start of eighth grade, Peter Selgin fell in love with the young teacher who’d arrived from Oxford in Frye boots, with long hair, and a passion…