James Cañón worked on his second novel, The Church of Common Sense. His first novel, Tales from the Town of Widows, won two international awards, was translated into eleven languages, and was made into a terrible film.
Discipline:
Literature – fiction
James Canon
Discipline:
Literature – fiction
Region: Sunnyside, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2005, 2007, 2015, 2015
More:
www.jamescanon.com
Studios
Phi Beta
James Canon worked in the Phi Beta studio.
Funded by the Phi Beta Fraternity, a national professional fraternity of music and speech founded in 1912, Phi Beta Studio was built between 1929–1931 of granite quarried on the MacDowell grounds. The small studio is a simple in design, but displays a pleasing combination of materials with its granite walls and colorful slate roofing. Inside is…