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By Stephen Goodwin, Illustrations by Jen Renninger

When Literary Promise Is Not Enough

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Issue: Fall 2014 / Volume 90/4

Published: October 6, 2014

Stephen Goodwin

Stephen Goodwin is the author of several novels, including Breaking Her Fall (Harcourt, 2003), and two nonfiction books. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). He is one of the founding members of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation...

Jen Renninger

Jen Renninger is an editorial illustrator who works in collage and painting. Her illustrations have been featured in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harper’s, and Chronicle Books.

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