Max Apple

Max Apple is the author of six books, including I Love Gootie: My Grandmother’s Story (1998), the award-winning works Free Agents and The Oranging of America, and Roommates: My Grandfather’s Story (1994). He has written the screenplay for the 1995 film Roommates, and won fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He taught creative writing at Rice University for 29 years.  His articles and stories have appeared in Esquire, the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Atlantic, American Review, and other national publications.

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