Tag: Andre Dubus III

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romantic

Andre Dubus III | romantic

I got a degree in sociology, didn’t read much fiction in college, and I was a pretty political, left-wing type of guy. I wanted to do some kind of work in social change and make things better for the poor man, and I was very romantic and passionate about it.

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Mom

Andre Dubus III | mom

My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn’t live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn’t really aware that he was a writer I didn’t start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special he’s still one of my favorite writers.

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Andre Dubus III | imagination

My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner.

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dating

Andre Dubus III | dating

Years later I would hear my father say the divorce had left him dating his children. That still meant picking us up every Sunday for a matinee and, if he had the money, an early dinner somewhere.

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Dad

Andre Dubus III | dad

My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn’t live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn’t really aware that he was a writer I didn’t start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special he’s still one of my favorite writers.

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Dad

Andre Dubus III | dad

One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I’ve had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I’ve brought readers to my dad’s work. I can’t tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father’s work was masterful.

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