Posts Tagged: First Words
February 21, 2012
Joyce Carol Oates, Age 17
Today we share another excerpt from First Words, a collection of early writings by famous authors, edited by Paul Mandelbaum. Our previous posts have highlighted the work of Stephen King and Margaret …
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December 1, 2011
Madeleine L’Engle, Age 15
“One day while I was happily pretending to myself that I was Madame Curie, I blew up the lab,” recalled Madeleine L’Engle in her 1983 Library of Congress address. These days, L’Engle …
November 21, 2011
Stephen King, Age 9
Today we have another excerpt from First Words, a collection of early writings by famous authors, edited by Paul Mandelbaum. Last week we shared one of Margaret Atwood’s first short stories. This …
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November 8, 2011
Margaret Atwood, Age 17, from First Words
First Words is a collection of early writings from twenty-two famous authors, collected and edited by Paul Mandelbaum. Today we’re featuring one of Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood’s first stabs at short …
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