Ever after, with canaries: R.I.P. William Wharton
William Wharton, author of Birdy, dies at 82. Not thinking of myself as a writer, he once said, gives me the freedom to be one.
William Wharton, author of Birdy, dies at 82. Not thinking of myself as a writer, he once said, gives me the freedom to be one.
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 . . .
Omnivoracious pays homage to the literature of the states, based on order of joining the union and number of electoral votes.
So I kissed her. It was either that or slug her. Did a Rex Stout book inspire Chandler’s famous line?
Remember the Graham Greene rule of packing books: pack the opposite of where you are going.