{"id":672,"date":"2015-11-15T05:35:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T05:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=672"},"modified":"2018-10-09T03:54:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T03:54:51","slug":"auster-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/auster-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTER, Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453315804311{margin-top: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588223-e020d87d-f7dd094f-cf635381-89e55b43-9e6f&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<strong>M<\/strong>oney, of course, is never just money. It\u2019s always something else, and it\u2019s always something more, and it always has the last word.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Paul Auster<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure <\/em>(1997) New York, NY: Picador, pp. 6-7<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e55b43-9e6f&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Memoir]:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the life of me I could never understand how such a relatively unimportant issue could cause so much trouble between them. But <span style=\"color: #003380\">money, of course, is never just money. It\u2019s always something else, and it\u2019s always something more, and it always has the last word.<\/span>\u201d (pp. 6-7)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source ISBN&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e55b43-9e6f&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><strong><em>Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library &#8211; <em>Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure<\/em> (1997) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-312-42232-6[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e55b43-9e6f&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<strong>W<\/strong>hat man is strong enough to reject the possibility of hope?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Paul Auster<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>The Locked Room <\/em>(1986) Los Angeles, CA: Sun &amp; Moon Press, p. 20<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e55b43-9e6f&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>[Fiction]:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought: is it possible that I\u2019ve been too hard on myself? And once I began to think that, I was lost. But who wouldn\u2019t jump at the chance to redeem himself \u2013 <span style=\"color: #003380\">what man is strong enough to reject the possibility of hope?<\/span> The thought flickered through me that I could one day be resurrected in my own eyes, and I felt a sudden burst of friendship for Fanshawe across the years, across all the silence of the years that had kept us apart.\u201d (p. 20)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source ISBN&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e55b43-9e6f&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><em><strong>Source<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: Library \u2013 <em>The Locked Room <\/em> (1986) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-940-65076-2[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"section-title\">Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;Wrapper-Author-Resources&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong>Learn more about Paul Auster <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paul Auster <\/strong>| <strong>Official publisher\u2019s website<\/strong> \u2013 Henry Holt &amp; Co. page highlighting Auster\u2019s most current work; includes an audiobook excerpt &amp; brief \u201cAbout the Author\u201d summary: <a href=\"http:\/\/paul-auster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/paul-auster.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Paul Auster, The Art of Fiction No. 178<\/strong>\u2019 (Fall 2003) <strong>The Paris Review <\/strong>interview by Michael Wood: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/121\/the-art-of-fiction-no-178-paul-auster\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/121\/the-art-of-fiction-no-178-paul-auster<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Paul Auster: How I Became a Writer<\/strong>\u2019 (2014) <strong>Louisiana Channel<\/strong> interview in Auster\u2019s Brooklyn home (video &#8211; 17:30); via Louisiana Channel &amp; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: <a href=\"http:\/\/channel.louisiana.dk\/video\/paul-auster-how-i-became-writer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/channel.louisiana.dk\/video\/paul-auster-how-i-became-writer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Big Think Interview with Paul Auster<\/strong>\u2019|<strong>Big Think<\/strong> \u2013 Auster responds to questions about writing, New York City, and the things that keep him up at night. (video &#8211; 27:26): <a href=\"http:\/\/bigthink.com\/videos\/big-think-interview-with-paul-auster\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bigthink.com\/videos\/big-think-interview-with-paul-auster<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Paul Auster: \u2018I\u2019m going to speak out as often as I can, otherwise I can\u2019t live with myself<\/strong>\u2019 (20 January 2017) <strong>The Guardian <\/strong>interview by Paul Laity \u2013 Auster describes the horrific \u201cmost important day\u201d of his life, discusses his new book <em>4321<\/em>, and weighs in on American politics. Includes a video from a 2012 interview at the BFI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2017\/jan\/20\/paul-auster-4321-interview\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2017\/jan\/20\/paul-auster-4321-interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>The Tyrannies and Epiphanies of Chance<\/strong>\u2019 (15 June 2004) The Oxonian Review interview by Andrew Van Der Vlies, corresponding with the publication of Auster\u2019s 2004 book Oracle Night: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxonianreview.org\/wp\/the-tyrannies-and-epiphanies-of-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.oxonianreview.org\/wp\/the-tyrannies-and-epiphanies-of-chance\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>M. Coetzee and Paul Auster at the NYS Writers Institute in 2012<\/strong>\u2019 (2012) <strong>New York State Writers Institute<\/strong> \u2013 Authors Coetzee and Auster read letters exchanged with each other &amp; included in their book <em>Here and Now: Letters, 2008-2011 <\/em>(video &#8211; 17:44) via New York State Writers Institute &amp; YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UbNT6l2NKUk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UbNT6l2NKUk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>The Accidental Rebel<\/strong>\u2019 (23 April 2008) <strong>New York Times<\/strong> &#8211; Auster Op-Ed essay; via <em>The New York Times<\/em> [subscription service]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/23\/opinion\/23auster.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/23\/opinion\/23auster.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>I want to tell you a story<\/strong>\u2019 (4 November 2006) <strong>The Guardian<\/strong> essay by Paul Auster: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2006\/nov\/05\/fiction.paulauster\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2006\/nov\/05\/fiction.paulauster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Auster <\/strong>| <strong>Facebook <\/strong>\u2013 @<strong>auster.paul<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/auster.paul\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/auster.paul<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><em>Image credit<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: AUSTER, Paul (8 September 2011) \u201cNew York author Paul Auster\u201d BBC World Service, Creative Commons NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0); online via BBC World Service, Flickr account: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bbcworldservice\/6129807388\/in\/photolist-rpymLc-akESbh-otruh9-ovKeHN\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bbcworldservice\/6129807388\/in\/photolist-rpymLc-akESbh-otruh9-ovKeHN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Auster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[140,19,645,106,107],"tags":[553,679],"class_list":["post-672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american","category-authors","category-born-in-new-jersey","category-playwrights-and-screenplay-authors","category-poets","tag-authors-with-pseudonyms","tag-translators"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-Auster.jpg?fit=1200%2C850&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YPRD-aQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}