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Each of these titles will widen your perspective, offering you original insight and vision.
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The Nobel Prize Winners
W. J. J. GORDON,a lecturer in the Engineering Department of Applied Physics at Harvard, is also president of Synectics, Inc., a consulting firm concerned with augmenting the creative output of industrial research organizations. Mr. Gordon has had two previous stories in the ATLANTIC, “ The Pures” and “Mrs. Schyler’s Plot.”
The Woman Across the Street
A Vassar graduate and the mother of three children, MAY DIKEMANmade her first appearance in the ATLANTIC in 1961 with her short story “ The Tender Mercies,” which won an Atlantic “First” prize. Her second story in our pages, “ The Sound of Young Laughter,” has been selected for the Martha Foley collection, THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES.
A Voice From the Woods
WILLIAM HUMPHREY was born in Clarksville, Texas, in 1924. His first book THE LAST HUSBAND AND OTHER STORIES, WQS published in 1953; five years later, his novel, HOME FROM THE HILL, which appeared under the Knopf imprint, received wide critical acclaim. Mr. Humphrey is now living in Europe.
Ramses to Rembrandt to Wright
SUSAN M. BLACKis a young writer who lives in New York and has contributed articles to various magazines. She is interested in the theater, fine arts, and travel. At present Miss Black is a staff writer for the NEW YORKER. This is her first short story.
Come Lady Death
Born and brought up in the Bronx, PETER S. BEAGLE studied creative writing under Edwin L. Peterson at the University of Pittsburgh and then spent a year on the European continent. His first novel, A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE,was published by Viking in 1960, and he is now at work on another book of fiction.
Old and Country Tale
SHIRLEY W. SCHOONOVER’S stories have appeared in NEW CAMPUS WRITING II, TRANSATLANTIC REVIEW, and in the 1962 O. HENRY PRIZE STORIES. Her first novel, MOUNTAIN OF WINTER, will be published by Coward-McCann sometime next year.
Uncles Oscar From Enköping
“I’ve spent a great deal of time in Europe,”writes ALTHAEA URN. “In my veins there flows the blood of Spain, Ireland, and France, and I grew up breathing the atmosphere of literary reference. My own first poem appeared in a magazine when I was fifteen.” Author of two novels and one volume of verse, Miss Urn divides her year between the eastern shore of Maryland and the French Riviera.
Mrs. Schyler's Plot
W. J. J. GORDON, a lecturer in the Engineering Department of Applied Physics at Harvard, is also president of Synectics, Inc., a consulting firm concerned with augmenting the creative output of industrial research organizations. His story “ The Pares,”which appeared in theATLANTIClast year, was selected for an O. Henry award.
Mary Pride
A graduate of Vassar and the mother of a small son, SUE KAUFMAN is married to a doctor and lives in New York City. She is the author of two novels, THE HAPPY SUMMED DAYSand GREEN HOLLY,and is now working on short stories. The ATLANTICpublished her story ”The Pride of the Morning” in February of this year.
Island Teacher
CHARLES C. O’CONNELL was born in and lives in the city of Cork, He tells us, “Though writing is what I want to do most, my wife and three children are interested in eating regularly; as a consequence, I hold down the position of general works manager in one of Ireland’s largest hosiery and textile factories.”