4 Quotes & Sayings By James Hannaham

James Hannaham is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is also a member of the Columbia University Publishing Program. His novel, "The Greatest, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He received a number of awards including a Pushcart Prize, a Best of the Net Award, and was short-listed for the PEN/Malamud prize Read more

He also teaches at Columbia University.

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A story might help you get through your life, he said, but it doesn't literally keep you alive -- if anything, most often people who have power turn their story into a brick wall keeping out somebody else's truth, so that they can continue the life they believe themselves to be leading, trying somehow to preserve the idea that they're good people in their small lives, despite their involvement, however indirect, with bigger evils. James Hannaham
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Y'all think a body be who you is, but it ain't nothing but a motherfucking sack of meat. James Hannaham
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Like many families, everyone wandered around like children in a funhouse–they could hardly see one another around the corners, and what they could see was completely distorted. James Hannaham