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Cynthia Shearer

About

Cynthia Shearer is the author of two works of fiction, The Wonder Book of the Air and The Celestial Jukebox. Her work has appeared in such publications as TriQuarterly, The Missouri Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Formerly a curator of William Faulkner's home, Rowan Oak, in Oxford, Mississippi, she now lives in Fort Worth, Texas, and teaches at Texas Christian University.

Articles

Barry Hannah’s Mixtape

By Cynthia Shearer

Eavesdropping on History

By Cynthia Shearer
Issue 91, Winter 2015

Sugarfoot Stomp

Fletcher was born with the burden of perfect pitch. Whatever the boy heard, he heard as music

By Cynthia Shearer
Features

The Thinning of Big Mama

Thornton makes it clear: she is not unacquainted with human suffering, but she has no intention of letting it get the upper hand.

By Cynthia Shearer
Issue 111, Winter 2020

Celestial Jukebox

One of my first thoughts was of the potential this had to influence American blues, and I was excited at the prospect.

By Cynthia Shearer