“I love it, when, as a reader, I am surprised by the way people behave, you know that you’re aghast and shocked and standing back a little bit. And I love it even more when I’m writing it, when I have tapped into a sense that I’m not in control of this guy, either.” We’ve […]
Two standouts from our Discover program discuss how authors create atmosphere, the books they return to for inspiration, meditation for writers, and how one finds the time to craft a novel.
Peter Orner has some dangerous habits — like reading at traffic lights. He talks with Mark Athitakis about the life of an unusually enthusiastic reader and his new book “Am I Alone Here”?
Jane Eyre or Catherine Earnshaw? When a friend of Samantha Ellis’s argues that Jane is the better choice for a personal heroine, Ellis finds herself wondering if she’s been rooting for the wrong ladies her entire life. As she rereads some of her favorite novels, she examines the heroines who have shaped her into the […]
Brevity may be the soul of wit, but I think most of us would give our favorite novels a pass on that front. A little bit of a good thing might be nice—but a lot more of it can be absolute heaven where word counts are involved. But once in a while, we opt for […]