Lauren Groff’s ‘Fates and Furies’ Finalist For National Book Award COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Lauren Groff’s latest novel, “Fates and Furies,” was named one of five fiction finalists for the National Book Awards, joining Hanya Yanagihara’s “A Little Life” and Karen E. Bender’s “Refund.” Reviews have hailed the novel, which tells in dual narrative of the secrets in a 24-year-old marriage, as “a master class in best lines” and proclaimed her “a writer of rare gifts.” It was number nine on the New York Times Best…
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‘Around Hartwick,’ Photographic History, Published By Arcadia, Historical Society HARTWICK – “Around Hartwick,” the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series, is scheduled to be released July 27 by the Hartwick Historical Society. The book contains over 200 vintage images, many never-before published, and showcases memories of days gone by. “Around Hartwick” depicts the history of the rural town at Otsego County’s geographical center. Named for John Christopher Hartwick, an itinerant German preacher with the dream of a…
Groff Short Story Among America’s Best COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Lauren Groff’s story “At Round Earth’s Imagined Corners” joins Joyce Carol Oates and Charles Baxter on the pages of the 2014 “Best American Short Stories,” edited by Jennifer Egan, author of “A Visit from the Goon Squad.” The story originally appeared in the spring issue of Five Points. Groff is the author of the New York Times best-selling “Monsters of Templeton” and “Arcadia.” She is the sister of triathlete Sarah Groff, who placed…