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David Ebenbach

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April 19

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David Ebenbach: preoccupied with the human condition since 1972.

He's also (as a result of his preoccupations) the author of five books of fiction, three poetry collections, and a non-fiction guide to the creative process. His books have won numerous awards, including the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and the Juniper Prize. A native of Philadelphia, David now lives with his family in Washington, DC, where he teaches creative writing and literature at Georgetown University.
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Average rating: 3.74 · 1,324 ratings · 361 reviews · 24 distinct worksSimilar authors
How to Mars

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Miss Portland

4.19 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions
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Into the Wilderness

4.58 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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Between Camelots

4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
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We Were the People Who Moved

4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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The Artist's Torah

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The Guy We Didn't Invite to...

4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions
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What's Left to Us by Evening

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Possible Happiness

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Autogeography

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013
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“There is meaning in absence just as there is meaning in presence. In fact, there may be more meaning in absence. The only difference is that you have to figure out what it is.”
David Ebenbach, How to Mars

“We have been told that this is what it means to be alive.”
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“What you have here is a women who's travelled more than a hundred millions miles in order to become, I guess, a biologist with no bio to ology”
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“It is not enough for the Jew to rest content with his own spiritual ascent, the elevation of his soul in closeness to G-d, he must strive to draw spirituality down into the world and into every part of it – the world of his work and his social life – until not only do they not distract him from his pursuit of G-d, but they become a full part of it.”
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“What do you think it means?" she says in a low, conspiratorial voice.
"What do YOU think it means?" I say. It's an old psychologist move, that one.”
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“There is meaning in absence just as there is meaning in presence. In fact, there may be more meaning in absence. The only difference is that you have to figure out what it is.”
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“Holding hands in spacesuits is not very much like holding actual hands, but it's something.”
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