Dan Josefson (March 8, 1974) is an American writer. His accomplishments include a 2015 Whiting Award in fiction.
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Dan Josefson (March 8, 1974) is an American writer. His accomplishments include a 2015 Whiting Award in fiction.
Dan Josefson was born on March 8, 1974 in Mount Kisco, New York. A few months later, Dan moved to Chappaqua, New York. He graduated from Williams College, and from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He currently lives in Manhattan.
In the Fall of 2012, his book, That's Not a Feeling was released by Soho Press. On November 18, 2012, he appeared in the New York Times Book Review.
Wallace Michael Shawn is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, playwright and essayist. His film roles have included those of Wally Shawn in the Louis Malle–directed drama My Dinner with Andre (1981), Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. James Hall in Clueless (1995) and the voice of Rex in the Toy Story franchise. He has also had roles in six of Woody Allen's films. His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engles in The Cosby Show (1987-1991), Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–).
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Lucas Hnath is an American playwright. He won the 2016 Obie Award for excellence in playwriting for his plays Red Speedo and The Christians. He also won a Whiting Award.
Despite his deep cynicism about the genre, Wallace clearly took his own blurbing opportunities seriously. As fans and readers of his work, we should too.
That's Not a Feeling is a sharp, sophisticated read, and with one book to his name Josefson has already proven himself to be a master of form. None other than David Foster Wallace described the book as a "funny, mordant, and deeply intelligent debut."
Josefson uses Benjamin, a new student at the school, as an intermittent narrator, though he also narrates events he couldn’t possibly have witnessed, so while we get his perspective on incidents at the school, we get a broader view as well.
