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Jack Murnighan

Jack Murnighan
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Jack Murnighan

Jack Murnighan has a Ph.D. in medieval and renaissance literature from Duke University. His book, Beowulf on the Beach helped tens of thousands of readers rediscover their love of the classics. His two previous books, The Naughty Bits and Classic Nasty, were critically acclaimed tours of sexuality in the history of literature. He lives in New York City.

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Much Ado About Loving will be released on November 13, 2012 in Trade Paperback
May 16, 2012
Feb 10, 2012
Much Ado About Loving will be released on January 03, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Much Ado About Loving is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Much Ado About Loving will be released on January 03, 2012 in eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Much Ado About Loving is now available in eBook
Jan 03, 2012
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Introduction from Much Ado About Loving
Dec 03, 2011

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Huffington Post, February 14, 2012
...from Gryffindor? He was so in love with Lily!) In "Much Ado About Loving" [Free Press, $19.99] , Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly share the dating advice they've learned from their fictional sweethearts and other characters in classic literature. ...
Huffington Post, February 14, 2012
...time heckling students and unfairly taking points away from Gryffindor? He was so in love with Lily!) In , Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly share the dating advice they've learned from their fictional sweethearts and other characters in classic literature....
EveningSun.com, February 13, 2012
..." by Larry E. Swedroe. (Perpetual Memorial -- Robert F. Jones) --- "Much Ado about Loving," by Jack Murnighan. (Perpetual Memorial -- Jami Sue Kelly) --- "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," by Olivia Harrison. (Perpetual Memorial -- Suzanne...
New Jersey Online, February 12, 2012
...Novels Can Teach You About Date Expectations, Not So-Great Gatsbys, and Love in the Time of Internet Personals Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly Simon and Schuster, 205 pp., $19.99 Drawing key insights from classic novels, ranging from ?Great Expectations?...
St. Petersburg Times, February 11, 2012
...Teach You About Date Expectations, Not-So-Great Gatsbys, and Love in the Time of Internet Personals (Free Press) by Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly teams a literary scholar and a relationship columnist to critique the books of love. No Cheating, No Dying:...
Christian Science Monitor, February 9, 2012
...how seriously should we take fictional tales? Can literary plots really be blueprints for our own love lives? Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly say yes. In their book 'Much Ado About Loving,' they gather some of the love lessons offered by literary classics...
USA Today, January 21, 2012
...Novels Can Teach You About Date Expectations, Not-So-Great Gatsbys, and Love in the Time of Internet Personals | Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly, Free Press, 224 pp., $19.99, non-fiction Perhaps we don't think of great fiction as great self-help. Perhaps...
Nerve.com, February 20, 2012
...and they’ve swapped members with another NYC-based collective, funky instrumentalists the Budos Band. Additionally, erstwhile Nerve editor Jack Murnighan was present at Jones’ first New York show, and was pulled up onstage for what he calls...
Crikey Media, February 16, 2012
...Twitter accounts, but basically, we’re in the same boat. And that’s just what Maura Kelly and Jack Murnighan explore in Much Ado About Loving: What Our Favourite Novels Can Teach You About Date Expectations, No-So-Great Gatsbys, and Love in the Time...
Crikey Media, February 16, 2012
...Twitter accounts, but basically, we’re in the same boat. And that’s just what Maura Kelly and Jack Murnighan explore in Much Ado About Loving: What Our Favourite Novels Can Teach You About Date Expectations, No-So-Great Gatsbys, and Love in the Time...
Huffington Post, February 14, 2012
...from Gryffindor? He was so in love with Lily!) In "Much Ado About Loving" [Free Press, $19.99] , Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly share the dating advice they've learned from their fictional sweethearts and other characters in classic literature. ...
Huffington Post, February 14, 2012
...time heckling students and unfairly taking points away from Gryffindor? He was so in love with Lily!) In , Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly share the dating advice they've learned from their fictional sweethearts and other characters in classic literature....
EveningSun.com, February 13, 2012
..." by Larry E. Swedroe. (Perpetual Memorial -- Robert F. Jones) --- "Much Ado about Loving," by Jack Murnighan. (Perpetual Memorial -- Jami Sue Kelly) --- "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," by Olivia Harrison. (Perpetual Memorial -- Suzanne...
New Jersey Online, February 12, 2012
...Novels Can Teach You About Date Expectations, Not So-Great Gatsbys, and Love in the Time of Internet Personals Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly Simon and Schuster, 205 pp., $19.99 Drawing key insights from classic novels, ranging from ?Great Expectations?...