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Leland miller professor of english at williams college, in williamstown, ma. He attended trinity college and did a postgraduate degree at brown university. Jim shepard is the author of six novels and four story collections. He lives in williamstown, massachusetts, with his wife, three children, and three beagles. Shepard tackles one of the scariest aspects of 21stcentury adolescence. Jim shepard is the author of four previous collections, including like youd understand, anyway, which won the story prize and was a finalist for the national book award, and his short fiction has often been selected for best american short. He currently teaches creative writing and film at williams college. With thomas mann, oliver cooper, jonathan daniel brown, dax flame. Will he ever take on a character who can allow his passions to explode. Project x by jim shepard this short, tragic and heartbreaking novel takes you inside the minds of two sympathetic highschool oddballs as they plan a horrifying massacre.
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Five of his short stories have been chosen for the best american short stories, two for the peno. Like youd understand, anyway by jim shepard overdrive. A radioactive plume extended to an altitude of 36,000 feet. A novel vintage contemporaries kindle edition by shepard, jim. Project x, written by jim shepard tells the story of an eighth grade boy and his only friend as they struggle to deal with the social anxieties of junior high. Project x ebook by jim shepard 9780307427335 rakuten kobo. He teaches at williams college and in the warren wilson mfa program. A reader finishes them buzzing with awejim shepard now gives us his first entirely new. His books include nosferatu, project x, and the book of aron. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the wilderness of junior high, edwin hanratty is at the bottom of the. Chapter one first day of fs and where are my good green pants. They are the outcasts that sink even lower in the ranks of popularity than the nerds, goths, and white trash students. From jim shepard, one of the most enduring and influential novelists writing today, comes an unflinching look into the heart and soul of adolescence.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Jim shepard has masterfully made this childseye view of the darkest history mesmerizing, sometimes comic despite all odds, truly heartbreaking, and even inspiring. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the john simon guggenheim memorial award, 2004. The key to jim shepards sixth novel, project x, about two misfit suburban kids who plan a columbinestyle massacre at their school, is that it.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read project x. In jim shepard s project x, narrator edwin hanratty and his best friend flake are at the very bottom of what edwin refers to as the anthill of high school. His third collection, like youd understand, anyway, was a finalist for the 2007 national book award and won the story prize. The main character edwin and his lone companion flake make a plan to help them put an end to their constant verbal and physical abuse from their peers.
Project x, a 1992 scrolling shooter game for the amiga computer. Shepard is the author of six novels, including most recently project x, and four story collections, including the forthcoming you think thats bad knopf, march 2011. Tender and horrifying, prescient and moving, project x will not easily be forgotten. Jim shepard born 1956 is an american novelist and short story writer, who teaches creative writing and film at williams college. His novel project x won both the 2005 library of congressmassachusetts book award for fiction and the alex award from the american library association. Project x, jim shepard 2004 shepard s bold novel tells the story of two eighthgraders in a columbinestyle school massacre. Shepard obviously has a lock on the new american paranoia, and his voice should be essential reading. Thinking through psychology international and c ebook. His new novel provides a childseye view of the atrocity, tragedy, and resilient humanity found. In raw prose, graphic scenes and images, and with horrific truthfulness, shepard explains to america, in terms of fiction, how a nightmare like the one played out at columbine high school might have come to be and how it is all too possible other similar nightmares might be just a heartbeat away. Joshua ferris the dinner party with jim shepard the world. The novel project x won the 2005 massachusetts book award. Code name of hotsauce, experimental visualization software developed by apple computer.
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