A Reader’s Manifesto Aug 31, 2007
Charles Frazier, Frederick Busch, and many other novelists write in this idiom, but the acknowledged granddaddy of them all is Cormac McCarthy. In fairness, it must be said that McCarthy's style was once very different. (The Atlantic Online)
Legends, leaders, and legacies: The year in farewells Jan 1, 2007
Also for novelists Frederick Busch, Michael Gilbert, John McGahern, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Sybille Bedford, Henry Farrell, Dorothy Uhnak, Octavia Butler, Jack Williamson, William Diehl, Bebe Moore Campbell, and John Ford; and, critics Ellen Willis, Gilbert Sorrentino, and Philip Rieff. Bowing out, too, were historians Robert Peterson, Theodore Draper, Jaroslav Pelikan, Leonard Levy, Lawrence Levine, Curtis Cate, George Tindall; poets Peter Viereck and Barbara Guest; editors Barbara Epstein,... (Boston Globe -- Nation)
New & Recommended Dec 11, 2006
Rescue MissionsBy Frederick Busch This posthumous story collection artfully depicts a range of small human dramas (Norton, $24. 95). (Boston Globe)
Books Separated at Birth A pastor's story gave Kim Edwards the idea for this summer's surprise hit novel about a parent's terrible secret, The Memory Keeper's Daughter Jul 29, 2006
" When she was in college at Colgate, Edwards studied with Frederick Busch, who became a mentor. After earning her MFA in fiction and an MA in theoretical linguistics, both from the University of Iowa, she and her husband spent five years teaching English in Southeast Asia Malaysia, Japan, and Cambodia. "It was a time of great learning and great growth and great excitement," she says. "The chatter of everyday life fell away, and it allowed me to listen more fully to the stories I wanted to tell.... (Time.com)
- Frederick Busch, 64; a 'Writer's Writer,' Former Professor at Colgate University Mar 3, 2006
Frederick Busch, 64; a 'Writer's Writer,' Former Professor at Colgate University - Los Angeles Times ... Frederick Busch, 64; a 'Writer's Writer,' Former Professor at Colgate University ... By Mary Rourke, Times Staff Writer March 2, 2006 Frederick Busch, the author of close to 30 books, many of them novels and collections of short stories about the hardships and anguish of ordinary people, has died. (Los Angeles Times)
