James McBride

États-Unis · Sur la carte · Écrivains · Naissance en 1957 · 69 ans

James McBride, né le 11 septembre 1957 à New York, est un écrivain, scénariste, journaliste et musicien américain, lauréat du National Book Award en 2013.

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James McBride : environ 173 lectures par jour, en 13 langues.

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2020“When I was a kid, my mother told me about the time my sister got lost at the circus in New York in Madison Square Garden. ...”Ses propres motsOn writing stories that are considered unseen in "James McBride's Advice For New Writers: 'A Simple Story Is The Best Story'" in NPR (2020Lire toute la déclaration

2017“Me personally and professionally, I haven't been that outspoken about race and class, partly because it's in my work, but in part because I don't want to get hate mail.”Ses propres motsOn letting his work speak regarding race and class in “James McBride Says Fiction Writing Allows Him More Freedom” in NPR (2017 Oct 1)Lire toute la déclaration

“You ugly enough to keep ants out of a picnic, mister.”Ses propres motsThe Moaning Bench (pp. 172-173)Lire toute la déclaration

“I’m in the last October of life looking for a few more Aprils. I don’t want to remember no more.”Ses propres motsThe Christmas Dance (p. 209)Lire toute la déclaration

“The rest of the stories came as they came, over the years, as I traveled over hill and dale and dusty trail, moving through life.”Ses propres motsAuthor’s Note (p. 309)Lire toute la déclaration

2015National Humanities MedalDistinction2013“Writing is the act of failing at something all the time. Do it with a sense of humor, and it ain’t no big deal.”Ses propres motsOn the potential failure of writing in “James McBride: How I Write” in The Writer (2013 Dec 30)Lire toute la déclaration

National Book Award pour la fictionDistinction1997Prix Anisfield-WolfDistinction1957Naissance11 septembre 1957

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4 déclarations, les plus récentes d'abord

I tell them that a simple story is the best story, and that time and place is really crucial to good storytelling.
2020 · On the writing advice he gives to his students in "James McBride's Advice For New Writers: 'A Simple Story Is The Best Story'" in NPR (2020, Ses propres mots
She smiled a little bit. “Most of us has a desire to mind other folks’ business,” she said. “That’s the child in you, Butter, not the man.
2017 · The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band (p. 134), Ses propres mots
Now he wanted more. That’s the problem with Smelly Ones. They got one thing Animals don’t got. They got ambition.
2017 · Mr. P. & the Wind (p. 294; “Smelly Ones” are what animals in the story call humans), Ses propres mots