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| This Boy's Life In his latest novel Jim the Boy, SWC faculty member Tony Earley captures the pleasures and fears of youth
At the end of the twentieth century, Earley wanted to write a novel without irony. No postmodern angst. No disjointed narrative. He wanted to write a book about a year in the life of a ten-year-old boy who lived in a small town in North Carolina during the 1930s. As he played with the idea for this book, Earley was struggling through one of the toughest years of his life, battling the severest bout of depression he had ever experienced. He sat on his couch and wondered if he could write. Never mind his two-book contract with Little, Brown and Company; his collection of short stories, Here We Are in Paradise; or his work that appeared in Harper’s and The New Yorker. None of that mattered. The depression was overwhelming, and, at times, seemed paralyzing. And then one day, out of the blue, Earley got a call from Granta, a major British literary magazine. The editors at Granta wanted Earley to know that he had been named one of the twenty best young writers in America. He got off the couch and things seemed better. But only for a while. |
Sewanee Writers' Series Publishes Twelfth Book
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A few years ago Tony Earley got an idea for a book. It was a crazy idea, really.
The Sewanee Writers' Series is pleased to announce the March 2004 release of its twelfth book, Greg Williams's Boomtown. Boomtown is the sharp hip tale of New York City dot-commers after the Y2K panic has passed. Internet start-ups are thriving, the stock market is climbing, and the dawn of the new century is just a little too bright for its own good.