![]() Her writing stages a notable intervention into contemporary literature on both sides of the Atlantic, highlighting the ways in which literary experiment can break into mainstream markets, while simultaneously exploring contemporary political and economic discourses around neoliberalism, deindustrialization, and technological advancement. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, despite this formidable record of achievement, and – as the essays in this special issue will demonstrate – the rich thematic and formal complexity of her oeuvre, Egan has largely been bypassed in scholarly research. Hitherto, she had produced three novels and a short story collection, as well as numerous essays and journalistic articles she received the Carroll Kowal Journalism Award in 2002 and served a term as President of PEN America, as well as serving also on the Authors Guild Council. When Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010) won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, and the LA Times Book Prize in 2011, it catapulted Egan into the literary limelight. ![]()
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