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Authors and celebrities have opened up to New York magazine to discuss how they got their start.
The cover story includes moments of epiphany from Jeffrey Eugenides, George Saunders, Sloane Crosley and Ta-Nehisi Coates, among others. Here is what author Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?, had to say:
It was the first time, writing, I had a sense for how total a writer’s freedom is. I don’t think that ever completely went away, and it seems the biggest leap I made: from thinking I had to write in a certain way to realizing that nobody was there with me as I was sitting at my desk — and for good reason — because your only obligation is to listen to yourself. Every epiphany I’ve ever had about writing or how to write in the years since has only been an elaboration of that knowledge: that all you have to do is hew closely to how you feel it should go.
Stephanie Morgan, daughter-in-law to fraudulent investor Bernie Madoff (pictured, via), hopes to land a book deal.
Folio Literary Management agent Steve Troha represents the widow of Mark Madoff. New York Magazine has spoken with some members of the Madoff family, and they worry what she might write.
Here’s more from the article: “Publishers say she would tell the emotional story of a strong-minded woman overcoming tragedy and moving ahead with life. She has told editors from imprints at Hachette Book Group and HarperCollins that she has a couple of letters from Bernie.”
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by Stacey
As we're coming up on the new year and end of a very tumultuous decade, and looking at lots of book lists, like
Jim's recent post, this
piece from this week's New York magazine made me think about my favorite novel of the past 10 years. The book that popped into my head was
Little Children by Tom Perrotta. Loved that book (a lot better than the movie version). It's a very compelling and real look at serious suburban dysfunction. It's funny, but also achingly sad, and the seemingly simple plot unfolds in surprising ways that subtly suggest this book is not, nor was it ever, going to have a fairy tale ending. Perrotta is a talented and versatile writer who I am always eager to read something new from. What's your favorite book of the last decade?
The Blood Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop - okay technically 3 books, but it's still one story. That's definitely my favourite.
Walter Moers, "The City of Dreaming Books".
It's hilarious, particularly for aspiring authors, I think. The description of the city, people (readers, writers, publishers, agents, failed poets ...) and book dungeons is so vivid, so funny & imaginative, so true sometimes, you chuckle with glee most of the time, sometimes laugh out loud. I couldn't put it down. (P.S. The story occasionally gets dark and bloody.)
Mystic River was astonishing.
"Then We Came To The End," by Joshua Ferris. Started out feeling like it was just a stunt (writing in the collective first person), but it was surprisingly moving and funny. And he pulled it off.