Tournament of Books 2009
The Tournament of Books gets underway today, as Powell’s Brockman decides between Steer Toward Rock and 2666.
The Tournament of Books gets underway today, as Powell’s Brockman decides between Steer Toward Rock and 2666.
“[P]ure avoidance of sentimentality is impossible for him and he often leaves it lying about in small shards.” — Lorrie Moore on Donald Barthelme.
I’ve never before seen Walker Percy speak and am posting this clip, in which he analyzes the diminishing publication prospects for young writers, in case you haven’t either. For some reason his pronounced southern-aristocratic accent surprised me. I’m also in the midst of watching a longer video in which the author accepts a medal from Notre Dame although he says . . .
“I was fifteen when my best friend John shot his father in the face.” Christian Wiman, author of this sentence, talks with Jessa Crispin.