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Wells Tower (born April 14, 1973) is an American writer of short stories, non-fiction, feature films and television. In 2009 he published his first short story collection, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux) to much critical acclaim.
Mar 15, 2012 · Wells Tower, author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, talks about his process of revising stories, his influences, and his humor in this interview by Rebecca Scherm. Learn how he rewrote stories for different publications, why he avoids the Southern gothic, and what he thinks of jokes in fiction.
Apr 14, 1973 · Wells Tower’s short stories and journalism have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, McSweeney’s, The Paris Review, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, The Washington Post Magazine, and elsewhere. He received two Pushcart Prizes and the Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review.
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Feb 28, 2018 · Wells Tower. ‘Thanks to the easy wind bellying our sails, we crossed fast and sighted the island six days early.’. Just as we were all getting back into the mainland domestic groove, somebody started in with dragons and crop blights from across the North Sea. We all knew who it was.
Apr 11, 2009 · Wells Tower’s book of short stories, “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned,” has attracted a great number of vivid descriptions from admiring critics in the few weeks since it came out,...
Jun 7, 2010 · Wells Tower was featured in The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 Fiction Issue. His story will appear later in the summer. When were you born? April 14, 1973.
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Feb 2, 2010 · Wells Tower's version of America is touched with the seamy splendor of the dropout, the misfit: failed inventors, boozy dreamers, hapless fathers, wayward sons. With electric prose and savage wit, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned is a profound new collection of stories.
