Paul Russell
Paul Russell is the accomplished author of various works of both fiction and non-fiction, including several award-winning novels, anthologies, poems, short stories, essays, and book reviews. He attended Oberlin College and later studied at Cornell University, where he earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in English. Russell has taught English at Vassar College and the University of Exeter, and is a Professor of English at Vassar College. He lives in upstate New York.
Paul Russell is the accomplished author of various works of both fiction and non-fiction, including several award-winning novels, anthologies, poems, short stories, essays, and book reviews. He attended Oberlin College and later studied at Cornell University, where he earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in English. Russell has taught English at Vassar College and the University of Exeter, and is a Professor of English at Vassar College. He lives in upstate New York. See less
Paul Russell's Featured Books
Paul Russell book reviews
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Boys of Life
don't read this book
by apollo, Nov 12, 2009
Easily the least satisfying of Paul Russell's books. Characters and situations that are out of touch with real life, and are interesting only if you like to follow characters into grunginess and ... Read More
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The Coming Storm
Russell's best
by apollo, Nov 8, 2009
Very good writing, and this time it works for Russell. Adolescents are allowed to make bad decisions, and in this book, they do. But the usual self-destructiveness of Russell characters is, in The ... Read More
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War Against the Animals
The Art of Bad Decisions
by apollo, Nov 8, 2009
Paul Russell writes beautifully, no question about that. But his writing omits one essential element: the reader must affiliate with one (or more) of the characters and be sufficiently interested to ... Read More
