David Galef
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David Galef
@dgalef
David Galef writes in 17 different directions. His day-job is professor of English and creative writing program director at Montclair State University.
Montclair, NJ انضم Şubat 2014
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My latest (quite short), in the new issue of Ghost Parachute: ghostparachute.com/issue/february…
I assume you've suffered this, too, right?
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Vestal Review 67 has just hit the stands, so to speak: vestalreview.net 18 flash fiction stories and a book review. Recommendations for specific stories, based on your astrological sign and whatever else we know about you, upon request.
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My latest novel, Where I Went Wrong, just got shortlisted for the Somerset Book Awards and snared a spot in Shelf Unbound Top 100 Best of the Indie Presses.
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Been a lot of talk recently about "restructuring" the humanities. FYAmusement: insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…
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For The New Yorker, I wrote about my daughter's transition at age 26--the initial surprise, and the long, edifying period of adjustment, which has transformed us both (and which isn't over yet).
newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
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We are so excited to celebrate the release today of Susan Coventry's TILL TAUGHT BY PAIN, "A true-to-life love story that illuminates an intriguing woman’s life, the life of her brilliant physician husband, and the wretched secret they share." …al-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/till-taught-by…
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For anyone interested in the sweet, self-inflicted pain of writing a novel.
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If you're in North Jersey on Saturday afternoon, September 27, and also happen to be interested in writing a novel, by all means come to the Fort Lee public library! fortleelibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/how-t…
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How is it possible that out of the wash come not two but three mismatched socks with no partners? I’ve looked all over. What are the odds?
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Funny because the chickens always say, “No one here but us!” 🙃
Alicia E. Stallings@ae_stallings
Another wholesome island encounter: we were driving down to beach (lazy, to be sure), and there was a grandmother and granddaughter walking down, and we offered them a lift. "No thank you," they said in Greek, " we're going to look at the chickens."
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Come here and come hear David Galef read from his fourth novel, Where I Went Wrong
Saturday, August 23, 1:00-2:00
Montclair Book Center
221 Glen Ridge Avenue, Montclair, NJ
@montclairbooks
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"My brush handles are adorned in dried-up colors: startling navy, temperate teal, muddy ochre."
Prismatic and cinematic, a layered coming of age story from @authorsudha | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sudha-…
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Thank you very much to Robin Helweg-Larsen for featuring my poem "A Nightingale to a Sad Poet" at his blog Form in Formless Times!
Birds deserve to get a rebuttal to annoying romantics getting drunk underneath their tree:
formalverse.com/2025/07/28/dou…
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Catch Patrick O'Dowd at Barnes & Noble Paramus this Saturday at 1 pm to get your signed copy of A Campus on Fire! @BNParamus stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/97800621…
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How to restructure the humanities: insidehighered.com/opinion/views/… @AcademicsSay
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A glad cry of recognition--this is how I spend all my Sunday mornings! Including the oranges and coffee.
James Marcus@jamesamarcus
Still nothing more beautiful, especially coming from an insurance executive:
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