Salter’s A Sport and a Pastime
Forget Roth and Wallace, says Sonya Chung, James Salter writes stories about sex that connect us to our whole human selves.
Forget Roth and Wallace, says Sonya Chung, James Salter writes stories about sex that connect us to our whole human selves.
“The critical consensus on Geoff Dyer’s books — unconventional, diverse — largely ignores their underlying conviction: a belief in the unity of the arts.”
GWN’s new Chapters series will feature Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Nami Mun, Lizzie Skurnick, Marie Mockett, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (Amazing logo designed by @mpluse.)
Lynn Barber’s An Education, which inspired the film of the same name, appears in the States this week and is an utter delight so far. Barber famously withdrew last fall from a literary festival whose organizers objected to her author photo. “If a pic of me smoking is such a threat to the good burghers of Richmond,” she said, “imagine . . .
Seven small publishers discuss books they wish they’d published in 2009. Warning: last sentence may make you want to start a press. (Thanks, RB.)