Archive for October, 2008




Anne Landsman on the curse of the second novel

Anne Landsman has published two books, The Devil’s Chimney and The Rowing Lesson (just out in paperback). Below she writes about the difficulty of embarking on a second — and now, a third — novel.   A filmmaker friend of mine recently described the completion of one of her films, and her attempts to begin the next project, as something . . .

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Books of the States

Omnivoracious pays homage to the literature of the states, based on order of joining the union and number of electoral votes.

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