Genesis as It Is Written: Contemporary Writers on Our First Stories

by David Rosenberg (Editor & Introduction)

Other authors: Madison Smartt Bell (Contributor), James Carroll (Contributor), Alfred Corn (Contributor), Michael Dorris (Contributor), Allegra Goodman (Contributor) — 15 more, Ron Hansen (Contributor), Geoffrey Hartman (Contributor), Edward Hirsch (Contributor), Phillip Lopate (Contributor), Clarence Major (Contributor), David Mamet (Contributor), Leonard Michaels (Contributor), Arthur Miller (Contributor), Kathleen Norris (Contributor), Robert Pinsky (Contributor), Francine Prose (Contributor), Norma Rosen (Contributor), Grace Schulman (Contributor), Lore Segal (Contributor), David Shapiro (Contributor)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Rosenberg, David	Editor & Introduction	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Bell, Madison Smartt	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carroll, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Corn, Alfred	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dorris, Michael	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Goodman, Allegra	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hansen, Ron	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hartman, Geoffrey	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hirsch, Edward	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lopate, Phillip	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Major, Clarence	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mamet, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Michaels, Leonard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Miller, Arthur	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Norris, Kathleen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pinsky, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Prose, Francine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rosen, Norma	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schulman, Grace	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Segal, Lore	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shapiro, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Twenty-two celebrated authors explore the universal themes of love, hatred, justice, and betrayal revealed in the stories of Genesis, including David Mamet's version of the tale of Noah, James Carroll on Abraham's exile, and other essays by Arthur Miller, Michael Dorris, and Madison Smartt Bell. 25,000 first printing.

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