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About Jay Parini
American writer and academic
Jay Parini is an American writer and academic, known for fiction, poetry, biography, and criticism. He has published 96 quotes on the site. His work includes novels centered on Leo Tolstoy, Walter Benjamin, Paul the Apostle, and Herman Melville, along with a novelized memoir about a road trip with Jorge Luis Borges. Across these books, he often works at the border between literary history and imagined life, drawing on figures from the canon and the idea of the writer as subject.
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- “Jesus discouraged the accumulation of wealth, worried about its effects on those who had it, and took special…”Jay Parini
- “I say that a myth is a story which has particular energy, mythic resonance. I always say that a myth is a tea…”Jay Parini
- “With the Patriot Bill in place, the NSA no longer needed to get a warrant from a judge to tap into anybody's…”Jay Parini
- “I envy Muslims their practice of regular and genuine prayer. It's a beautiful practice that enriches their da…”Jay Parini
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- “When he had eaten, Mr. Lecky lay down on his cot, though he did not expect to sleep. The four lanterns contin…”James Gould Cozzens
- “Her mind circled Georgia, circled Ebenezer. It called up images and memories and things nearly home but never…”A.S. Peterson
- “I sat down in the middle of the garden, where snakes could scarcely approach unseen, and leaned my back again…”Willa Cather
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Books by Jay Parini
The last station
1990
Promised Land
2008
Empire of self
2015
John Steinbeck
1994
The Apprentice Lover
2002