by Lawrence Coates | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
A nice review of The Goodbye House from Mid-American Review, 36.2. “Each character of The Goodbye House is rendered with equal care, with intricate attention to the motivations, foibles, and ensuing actions. While the final events of the story are not expected, they do make sense, given the carefully blended behavior. Our affection for the family has grown, and we are cheering at last for their optimism as much as we’d ever cheer for our...
by Lawrence Coates | Jul 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ll be on a panel entitled “The Art of Research” at the Ohio Library Council’s annual convention at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio on Wednesday, September 28. My panel is at 4:15...
by Lawrence Coates | Jun 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ll be doing a presentation on novel writing as part of BGSU’s Alumni Summer College. I’ll discuss taking the novel from initial conception through to completed work. The presentation will feature an outline of the seven basic plots, some exercises useful for developing ideas, and some of the questions that arise when writing. The presentation will be on June 30, at 8:30...
by Lawrence Coates | May 26, 2016 | News
Better World Books created a state-by-state summer reading challenge, and they chose The Master of Monterey as one of their three books for...
by Lawrence Coates | May 26, 2016 | Events
BGSU’s Alumni Summer College will take place from June 29 – July 1, and I’ll be leading a session on Brainstorming the Novel. Details to follow.
Lawrence Coates is the author of five books, most recently The Goodbye House. His work has been recognized with the Western States Book Award in Fiction, the Donald Barthelme Prize in Short Prose, the Miami University Press Novella Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction. He currently teaches in the MFA program at Bowling Green State University.