Elkin

[ el-kin ]

noun

1. Stanley, 1930–1995, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Example Sentences

Elkin uses both archival footage and contemporary interviews to bring the era to life, while Eli Gesner, founder of the skateboard and fashion brand Zoo York, narrates.

From Time

Lauren Elkin journeys into Neverland with the Oulipian writer.

From The Daily Beast

Foreign Ministry officials: Elkin is looking for a scapegoat among ministry staff.

From The Daily Beast

But a sexually charged Italian novel leaves Lauren Elkin wondering if some novels are best left to history.

From The Daily Beast

Minutes after arriving in the compound Elkin was surrounded by worshipers, students and mosque guards, pressuring him to leave.

From The Daily Beast

She talks punk, textual pleasure, Iceland, and her new book, The Faraway Nearby, with Lauren Elkin.

From The Daily Beast

Now the curious fact emerges from Dr. Elkin's inquiries that six of Bessel's stars are exempt from the general drift of the group.

From Project Gutenberg

This beautiful engine of research was in 1883 placed in the already practiced and skillful hands of Dr. Elkin.

From Project Gutenberg

One of Bessel's fifty-three stars was omitted by Dr. Elkin as too faint for accurate determination.

From Project Gutenberg

The first place you had better go to is Elkin's drug store, for I saw the woman enter there after leaving here.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Elkin Mathews is, as usual, to the fore in this department of Literature.

From Project Gutenberg