Archive for July, 2007

A young Duras on her childhood

Adolescent diaries of Marguerite Duras reveal that she was “utterly alone, idolizing her unpredictable mother, indifferent to anyone else.” (Via.)

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Interviewing Rupert Thomson at McNally Robinson

All of a sudden I’m going to be doing a public interview with Rupert Thomson — a literary hero I’ve never burned out on — at McNally Robinson on Friday, August 17, at 7 p.m. The scheduling dovetails with the U.S. publication of his latest novel, Death of a Murderer. A more stripped-down, contemplative story than I’m used to seeing . . .

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