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'''Chris Power''' is a British writer and literary critic for ''[[The Guardian]]''. |
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He was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021">{{Cite web |date=2021-04-03 |title=Chris Power: 'You burn reality to fuel the fiction' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/03/chris-power-you-burn-reality-to-fuel-the-fiction |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He studied English and American literature at [[Swansea University]], graduating in 1998.<ref>https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnpower {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref> |
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He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
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Power's first book of short stories, ''Mothers: Stories'', was published in 2018 in Britain and in 2019 in the United States.<ref name="HurlburtReview"/><ref name="RosenReview"/><ref name="McAloonReview">{{cite news |last1=McAloon |first1=Jonathan |title=Mothers (book review) |publisher=The Spectator |date=30 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="MaughanReview">{{cite news |last1=Maughan |first1=Philip |title=Trauma tales (book review) |publisher=New Statesman </ref><ref name="ThomasKennedyReview">{{cite news |last1=Thomas-Kennedy |first1=Jackie |title=Mothers: Stories (book review |url=http://www.startribune.com/review-mothers-stories-by-chris-power/504825152/ |accessdate=8 May 2019 |publisher=Star-Tribune |date=25 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="BoytReview">{{cite news |last1=Boyt |first1=Susie |title=Mothers by Chris Power — strange tales of maternal deprivation (bok review) |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7c7fda06-4ec7-11e8-ac41-759eee1efb74 |accessdate=8 May 2019 |publisher=Financial Times |date=11 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="GilmartinReview">{{cite news |last1=Gilmartin |first1=Sarah |title=Mothers by Chris Power review – lonely voices living in a maternal world |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/mothers-by-chris-power-review-lonely-voices-living-in-a-maternal-world-1.3402165 |accessdate=8 May 2019 |publisher=Irish Times |date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="GordonReview">{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Edmund |title=Emotional short stories that pack a punch (book review) |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/book-mothers-chris-power-review-vfnp3s225 |accessdate=8 May 2019 |publisher=The Times |date=25 March 2018}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Power wrote a regular column for ''The Guardian'' about the [[short story]] as a literary form between 2007 and 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurlburt |first1=Ann |title=Riveting Stories About Restless Wanderers|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/chris-power-mothers/576415/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=January 2019}}<br />- {{cite news |last1=Rosen |first1=Christine |title=Mothers: Stories (brief review) |work=Commentary |date=May 2019}}</ref> [https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/abriefsurveyoftheshortstory] He has also presented the [[BBC Radio Four]] programme ''Open Book''.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
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He has cited [[Roberto Bolaño]] and [[Denis Johnson]] as literary influences.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
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Power's first book of short stories, ''Mothers: Stories'', was published in 2018 in Britain and in 2019 in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McAloon |first1=Jonathan |title=Mothers (book review) |work=The Spectator |date=30 June 2018}}<br />- {{cite news |last1=Thomas-Kennedy |first1=Jackie |title=Review: 'Mothers: Stories,' by Chris Power |url=http://www.startribune.com/review-mothers-stories-by-chris-power/504825152/ |accessdate=8 May 2019 |work=Star-Tribune |date=25 January 2019}}</ref> |
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His first novel, ''A Lonely Man'', was published in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/7874/s/9780571341214-a-lonely-man/|title = A Lonely Man}}</ref> |
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Power is married with two daughters and lives in London.<ref name="Guardian 03 April 2021"/> |
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Latest revision as of 21:51, 28 November 2023
Chris Power is a British writer and literary critic for The Guardian.
He was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire.[1] He studied English and American literature at Swansea University, graduating in 1998.[2]
He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director.[1]
Power wrote a regular column for The Guardian about the short story as a literary form between 2007 and 2020.[3] [1] He has also presented the BBC Radio Four programme Open Book.[1]
He has cited Roberto Bolaño and Denis Johnson as literary influences.[1]
Power's first book of short stories, Mothers: Stories, was published in 2018 in Britain and in 2019 in the United States.[4]
His first novel, A Lonely Man, was published in April 2021.[5]
Power is married with two daughters and lives in London.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Chris Power: 'You burn reality to fuel the fiction'". the Guardian. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnpower [self-published source]
- ^ Hurlburt, Ann (January 2019). "Riveting Stories About Restless Wanderers". The Atlantic.
- Rosen, Christine (May 2019). "Mothers: Stories (brief review)". Commentary. - ^ McAloon, Jonathan (30 June 2018). "Mothers (book review)". The Spectator.
- Thomas-Kennedy, Jackie (25 January 2019). "Review: 'Mothers: Stories,' by Chris Power". Star-Tribune. Retrieved 8 May 2019. - ^ "A Lonely Man".