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David S. Levinson

David S. Levinson

American novelist

David Samuel Levinson (born 1969) is an American short story writer and novelist.

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Levinson studied creative writing at Columbia University and holds a MFA from The New School.[1][2][3]

His first novel, Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence, published by Algonquin Books, was released on June 4, 2013.[4][5][6]

His second novel, Tell Me How This Ends Well, was published in April 2017 by Hogarth,[7] an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group at Penguin Random House. The novel deals with the Jacobson family who gather together over Passover in L.A. The novel is set in a near-distant future, which is rife with anti-Semitism and terror.[8][9]

He has been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize[citation needed] and has received multiple fellowships from Yaddo, the Jentel Foundation, Ledig House, the Santa Fe Arts Institute, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.[citation needed] In 2008 to 2009 he served as the Emerging Writer Lecturer at Gettysburg College.[citation needed] In 2011, he won the Marguerite & Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers.[citation needed] From 2013 to 2015, he served as the Fellow in Fiction at Emory University.[10][11] He won an award for his fiction in The Atlantic Monthly[citation needed] and has published stories in slushpile, Prairie Schooner, The Brooklyn Review, Post Road, and West Branch.

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    "Prof. Spotlight: David Samuel Levinson | Former Creative Writing Fellow's Book Inspired by Emory". The Emory Wheel. 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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    "Tell Me How This Ends Well: A Novel". Columbia Alumni. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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    ANTONIA LIVELY BREAKS THE SILENCE | Kirkus Reviews.
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    Pochoda, Ivy (6 October 2013). "An Elaborate Lie: David Samuel Levinson's Literary Hall of Mirrors". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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    "Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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    Kellman, Steven G. (2017-07-20). "'Tell Me How This Ends Well,' by David Samuel Levinson". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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    "Texas organizations launch virtual book club during pandemic". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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    Einav, Dan (21 April 2017). "Short review: Tell Me How This Ends Well by David Samuel Levinson". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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    "Creative Writing Program Announces New Fellows in Fiction and Poetry". arts.emory.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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    "David Samuel Levinson". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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