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Sharona Muir is an American writer and academic. ==Work== She graduated from Princeton University in 1978, received an M.A. in Creative Writing and English from Boston University in 1980, and a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University in 1991. She taught at Stanford University and at Tel-Aviv University, and is currently a professor of creative writing at Bowling Green State University.〔http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/creative-writing/muir.html〕 Muir's most recent book, ''Invisible Beasts'', was published by Bellevue Literary Press in 2014. A bestiary in novel form, featuring imaginary animals based on scientific facts, ''Invisible Beasts'' was named a Title to Pick Up Now in ''O'', the Oprah Magazine 〔http://www.oprah.com/book/Invisible-Beasts?editors_pick_id=52164〕 as well as a ''Publishers Weekly'' Book of the Week 〔 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/63250-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-july-14-2014.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=0e1570fd66-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-0e1570fd66-304639137 〕 and a Top Indie Fiction Selection by ''Library Journal'' 〔Top Indie Fiction: 30 Key Titles Beyond the Best-Sellers List for Spring/Summer 2014 By Barbara Hoffert on June 3, 2014 〕 Muir's memoir, ''The Book of Telling: Tracing the Secrets of My Father's Lives'', published by Random House/Schocken Books in 2005, was positively reviewed in ''The Times Literary Supplement'', by Kapka Kassabova, March 10, 2006; and in ''The Jerusalem Post'', by Barbara Hollander, December 9, 2005. The memoir received the 2007 Nancy Dasher Award for the best book in the creative writing category, from the College English Association of Ohio. The memoir deals with Muir's search for the past of her father, Itzhak Bentov. Muir's work has appeared in ''The New York Times",〔http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/the-crazy-puppy-and-the-flying-boy/?_r=0〕 "Granta",〔http://www.granta.com/Online-Only/Menu-Extinction〕 Stand, The Kenyon Review, The Jerusalem Report, Harvard Magazine, The Virginia Quarterly Review,'' ''Ploughshares'',〔http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=7421〕 ''The Paris Review'', ''The Yale Review'', and many other journals. Her tales, "Menu:Extinction," "The Golden Egg:An Evolutionary Fable," "Think Monkey," and "Feral Parfumier Bees," may be seen in the online editions of, respectively, ''Granta'', ''The Kenyon Review'' (KROnline), ''Michigan Quarterly Review'', and ''Ancora Imparo,'' (see links). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sharona Ben-Tov Muir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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