Oct 14 Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo share Booker Prize By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The judging panel ripped up the rulebook and refused to name one winner for the prestigious fiction trophy. Continue reading
Oct 08 Why author Adam Winkler doesn’t wait for inspiration to start writing By Elizabeth Flock "I sit down at the computer every weekday morning and begin to write, even if I feel blocked or don’t have much to say," says Winkler, author of "We the Corporations."… Continue reading
Sep 30 ‘We the Corporations’ is our October book club pick By Elizabeth Flock Author Adam Winkler argues that the issue of constitutional rights for corporations began long before Citizens United. Continue reading
Sep 19 9 books about dance that will change how you see the art form By Elizabeth Flock Those who write about dance are trying to capture the specificity and physicality through words. A number of books can change our understanding. Continue reading
Sep 19 National Book Awards longlist includes titles on border wall, Tribe Called Quest By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Hanif Abdurraqib's best-selling chronicle of A Tribe Called Quest and a memoir by chef Iliana Regan are among the works on the nonfiction longlist for the National Book Awards, as well as Greg Grandin's "The End of the Myth" about… Continue reading
Sep 17 Why Sally Rooney forces herself to slow down as she writes By Elizabeth Flock “I find that when I force myself to slow the pace down a little, I can discover sensory and psychological details I missed or elided in the first draft,” says Rooney, author of "Conversations with Friends."… Continue reading
Sep 11 Why writer Sally Rooney stopped tying up loose ends in ‘Conversations With Friends’ By Elizabeth Flock "Once I identified that impulse, and reasoned myself out of it, I wrote the final scene as it is now – and I felt the novel was finished," Rooney said. Continue reading
Aug 09 How reading ‘The Woman Warrior’ put Celeste Ng’s feelings into words By Elizabeth Flock "It was so close to my experience, it was almost painful," says the best-selling author. Continue reading
Jul 12 ‘Read, read, read to stoke the furnace,’ and more writing advice from Luis Alberto Urrea By Elizabeth Flock Urrea, who wrote this month's book club pick, "The House of Broken Angels," shares the best writing advice he's received. Continue reading
Jun 27 ‘The House of Broken Angels’ is our July book club pick By Elizabeth Flock It’s the story of what happens when one Mexican-American family living on the border comes together for a party -- and a funeral. Continue reading