O’Hagan on writing
Which of the arts is writing a novel most like? Acting, says Andrew O’Hagan. (See also his new PR interview with Norman Mailer.)
Which of the arts is writing a novel most like? Acting, says Andrew O’Hagan. (See also his new PR interview with Norman Mailer.)
Kate Christensen reread MFK Fischer’s Consider the Oyster “for the 15th time on a recent afternoon.” She thinks you should read it, too.
I missed the part where Ayn Rand ever went away, but a university revival is on, thanks more to lucre than force of ideas. (Via.)
While traveling, I tend to spend a good chunk of my time and money in bookstores. Looking at the books on the display at the indies is one of the best ways to take the pulse of the place. Also, the novels I pack are never the ones I’m in the mood to read, and booksellers tend to be pretty . . .