Molly McGrann

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Molly McGrann

Born
United States
Occupation Literary Editor
Novelist
Poet
Nationality American
Writing period 1998-Present

Molly McGrann is an American literary critic, poet, and novelist. She is an alumna of Skidmore College and New York University. She lives in England.

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[edit] Biography

McGrann graduated from Skidmore College, a private, liberal arts college located in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1995, and went on to receive an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University in New York City.[1] She is a literary critic and the author of two novels.

In December 1998, McGrann married Colin Greenwood, bass player for English rock band Radiohead, in Oxford, England.[1] They live in a small village in Oxfordshire.[2]

[edit] Writing

McGrann has worked as a reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and as a contributing editor for The Paris Review.[1] She has also had poems published in various literary magazines including TriQuarterly and Arion.[3][4] She is a London Editor of A Public Space, a quarterly literary magazine, founded in 2005 by Brigid Hughes, former Executive Editor of The Paris Review.[5]

Her first novel, 360 Flip, looked at the tensions lying below the surface of the "American Dream" in a 60s Levittown-style suburb, through the eyes of Babo, a disillusioned young skater growing up there in the 90s. It was dedicated to her husband, Colin Greenwood.[6]

Exurbia, McGrann's second novel, set in Los Angeles in the mid 80s during the Reagan era, is about alienated teenagers living in the margins of society. It follows an insecure 13-year-old Valley girl, Lise, and the parallel story of Ed Valencia, an older punk, as their lives become entangled with the violent world of L.A.'s skinhead gangs. It was dedicated to her parents.[7]

[edit] Works

[edit] Fiction

  • 360 Flip (2004)
  • Exurbia (2007)

[edit] Poetry

  • From Less Than Spring, a long poem of conditions.[1] (1999)
  • Hermaphroditus (2002)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Class Notes 2000", Skidmore Scope Magazine, 2000-08-01. Retrieved on 2007-06-16. 
  2. ^ "Into the Light", MOJO, 2003-08-01. Retrieved on 2007-06-17. 
  3. ^ McGrann, Molly. "From Less Than Spring, a long poem of conditions.", TriQuarterly, 1999-09-22. Retrieved on 2007-06-20. 
  4. ^ McGrann, Molly. "Hermaphroditus", Arion, 2002-04-01. Retrieved on 2007-06-20. 
  5. ^ "Masthead", A Public Space, 2005-12-16. Retrieved on 2007-06-18. 
  6. ^ McGrann, Molly. "360 Flip", Picador, 2004-06-16, pp. 192. Retrieved on 2007-06-17. 
  7. ^ McGrann, Molly. "Exurbia", Picador, 2007-02-17, pp. 300. Retrieved on 2007-06-17. 

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NAME McGrann, Molly
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