June 6th, 2012
elliottholt
Electric Literature's Recommended Reading: Vol.1, No.3

Jim Shepard picks my friend Marie-Helene Bertino’s story, “North of” for this week’s Recommended Reading from Electric Literature. Read it!

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Vol.1, No.3

EDITOR’S NOTE

I haven’t been as won over by a story as completely as I was by Marie-Helene Bertino’s “North of” in years. I loved it of course for its deadpan comedy, much of which centers around its celebrity co-star Bob Dylan’s self-absorbed obliviousness. His…
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    this is an amazing story. about bob dylan. and thanksgiving, .
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I'm a fiction writer. My first novel YOU ARE ONE OF THEM will be published by The Penguin Press on May 30, 2013. My short stories have been published in The Pushcart Prize XXXV (2011 anthology) and other places. I grew up in Washington, D.C., and have lived in many cities (Moscow, London, Amsterdam, San Francisco, and New York). http://elliottholt.com/

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