Hip Berlin: Europe's Capital of Cool Nov 7, 2009
"Yes, artists from all over the world are now living in Berlin and, some nights, they all seemed to end up on my living-room sofa," says Jeffrey Eugenides, the American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who lived in Berlin from 1999 to 2003 and goes back every summer. "It's a much wilder place than New York City. There are all kinds of trapdoors you can fall through. It's a bit dangerous, but estimable. The dinner conversation is always serious and never about real estate.". (Time.com)
Siblings Too Close for Comfort Oct 23, 2009
For a modern twist, the wonderful , by Jeffrey Eugenides, tells what comes of the marriage of an immigrant brother and sister who settle in Detroit. Let's just say a moral of these tales is that things rarely turn out well for sibling couples. (Slate)
Click by click, libraries and readers wade into digital lending Oct 16, 2009
The company publishes authors like Janet Evanovich, Augusten Burroughs and Jeffrey Eugenides ... The company publishes authors like Janet Evanovich, Augusten Burroughs and Jeffrey Eugenides. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Lit Crawl: Crowds follow authors to many venues Oct 16, 2009
BOMB magazine's BOMB-aoke lets participants act out, karaoke style, classic artist-to-artist interviews from their pages, such as Jonathan Safran Foer interviewing Jeffrey Eugenides. Publishers, bloggers and zine makers will share insights on the state of the written word as well. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Novel ideas for a staycation Jul 26, 2009
"Middlesex," by Jeffrey Eugenides "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." If the first sentence of this long, luxurious novel doesn't hook you, Eugenides' mesmerizing retelling of events in Greek history will. A sparkling and tirelessly inventive writer, he makes transportation in Detroit seems as colorful as transsexuality in Berlin. (Montana Standard, MT)
The Epic Forms in Eugenides' Middle... Jun 23, 2009
Middlesex, a second novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, is of epic proportion to say the least. It recounts the history and humour that made Calliope Stephanides into the man he. (Suite101.com)
Born in male body, Jenny knew she was a girl Jun 16, 2009
The term "LGBT" (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) is more commonly recognized, and transgendered people have been portrayed in the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry" as well as the 2002 book "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides. Many people who have transitioned, including Madden, say they knew they had been born into the wrong gender from childhood. (CNN -- Health)
Book Review of The Virgin Suicides Jun 16, 2009
The Decay of Innocence In Jeffrey Eugenides' 1970s Suburbia. Using rich, grotesque symbolism, Eugenides uses the suicides of five teenage sisters to foreshadow the decline of American society. (Suite101.com)
Averett welcomes Eugenides April 20 Apr 15, 2009
Averett University is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author Jeffrey Eugenides as part of its Authors on Campus Series April 20 ... Averett University is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author Jeffrey Eugenides as part of its Authors on Campus Series April 20. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Stay positive, princess says Mar 20, 2009
Last book read for pleasure: "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides. Last piece of music she listened to: "Jammin' " by Bob Marley. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Poythress returns Feb. 12 Mar 2, 2009
Averett University invites the local community to participate in a Community Read prior to the April 20 visit of Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Jeffrey Eugenides. Eugenides, who will discuss his book "Middlesex," will speak at 7:30 p.m. in Pritchett Auditorium. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Averett to welcome Eugenides April 20 Feb 25, 2009
Averett University invites the local community to participate in a Community Read prior to the April 20 visit of Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Jeffrey Eugenides ... Averett University invites the local community to participate in a Community Read prior to the April 20 visit of Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Jeffrey Eugenides. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Lust in the dust jackets Feb 14, 2009
Unlike Miranda July in her story in the collection of love stories edited by Jeffrey Eugenides, My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead (Fourth Estate). Confrontational is too weak a word to use with Miranda July. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
