Contemporary American female writers

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To be honest I haven't found a novel-length work by a woman since Iris
Murdoch's The Sea, the Sea that hit a nerve with me.  There's some
good short fiction I've found, however.  The Death of Mustango Salvaje
by Jessica Anthony is one that comes to the top of my head, in
McSweeney's early fall 2004 release.

On 10/8/06, Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com> wrote:
> Nobody has mentioned Helen DeWitt yet so I will. Her "The Last Samurai"
> is a truly remarkable book that shares some of the attributes of a
> Pynchon novel: the humor, the fabulous language, the outrageous
> characters.
>
> DeWitt was born in America but lived in England for many years.  I would
> say her writing comes off more American than British.  Bekah describes
> Zadie Smith as "originally from England." Is she living in America now?
> At any rate her writing is as British as can be.
>
> Toby
>