Empire Falls | Essays and Criticism
- The Knox River as a Metaphor
Pryor has a B.A. from University of Michigan and over twenty years experience in professional and creative writing with special interest in fiction. In this essay, she examines how the Knox River in Empire Falls is a metaphor with more than one possible meaning.
- HBO Interview with Richard Russo
In the following interview, Russo discusses the writing process, the protagonist in Empire Falls, and the difficulties in translating the novel into a screenplay.
- Interview with failbetter.com
In the following interview, Russo shares how societal observations, his daughters’ influence, and how being a parent has affected his work.
- A Small Town's Bad Luck and Unlikely Hero
In the following excerpt, Epstein discusses how a small town’s aura of bad luck, its struggle against resignation, and an unlikely hero are the subject of Russo’s Empire Falls.
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