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Emily Barton

Emily Barton
Emily Barton is the author The Book of Esther, Brookland and The Testament of Yves Gundron. Her essays, short stories, and reviews have appeared in Story, Conjunctions, The Massachusetts Review, Tablet, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times Book Review, among many other publications.


Literary or Genre, It’s the Plot That Counts

Emily Barton on the Importance of Moving a Story Forward
June 30, 2016  By Emily Barton
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