Convergence of Birds, the book was
published in 2001.
Foer graduated in 1999 with a degree in Philosophy. That same year/ he traveled to the Ukraine to research his
family history. Though he claims it was not planned, the trip eventually resulted in his first novel, which he
began writing as a thesis project under Joyce Carl Oates and Jeffrey Eugenides. Following graduation, Foer
worked at a series of jobs including morgue assistant, receptionist, math tutor, ghostwriter, archivist, farm
sitter, advertising…
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