John Wray’s ‘Godsend’ Shouldn’t Work—but It Does
You can't court acclaim. The third rail has always been the one with juice in it, at least for me, at least so far. The best writing is the most urgent.
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The Millions Top 10
A Story to Be Told Once and Forever: The Millions Interviews Javier Marías
And then the thing is that I don’t know exactly how I do my novels. Every time, I realize I don’t know how a novel is written.
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Whatever Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Needs the World to Do, He Creates Something to Do It
It wasn’t until later on in college that I wanted to be a writer. I was never around other writers so I didn’t know that’s what a human like me could be.
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Remembering Shiva Naipaul
His books are long out of print, basically forgotten. And when they were current, his last name always overshadowed his first.
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Leonard Cohen and Zen
This seemed to be Leonard’s way. He transformed the world into his image of it. Those of us who were around were brought into a land of ancient poetic lore.
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