Interactivity and the contemporary novel
Debut novelists are supplementing their books online. Examples given: Pessl, Maazel, Vachon, & Hill. See also Ferris, Rich, Google Maps. (Thanks, MB.)
Debut novelists are supplementing their books online. Examples given: Pessl, Maazel, Vachon, & Hill. See also Ferris, Rich, Google Maps. (Thanks, MB.)
It’s been almost three years since Hurricane Katrina, so you don’t hear much about New Orleans these days. After all, the whole painful rebuilding (and, unbelievably, collections) saga doesn’t make for a sexy news hour, and you wouldn’t want anything to get in the way of Anderson Cooper’s ability to spend two months asking the same three talking heads whether . . .
Amy Bloom, T.C. Boyle, Min Jin Lee, Don Lee, Alicia Gifford, David Guterson, Peter Orner, Lore Segal, and others reveal a little of their works-in-progress.
Like CS Lewis on a drugs charge: In letters to Fay Godwin, Philip Larkin disparaged his photographic image.