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Chargement... The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Livespar Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager
   Books Read in 2022 (2,941) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  hardlyhardy | Jul 5, 2023 |    ) quondame | May 30, 2022 |  ) brianinbuffalo | Dec 8, 2021 | While there were a number of favorite authors in the book including Louise Erdrich, Donna Tartt, Madeline Miller, and Michael Chabon, there were also authors interviewed that I haven't read before. It is also fun to find when one of your favorite books is on someone's list such as Red Mars on Viet Thanh Nguyen's list. So...which do I start with first? Catching up with contemporary authors interviewed or starting to read the classics that are frequently mentioned? There is also a wonderful forward by Susan Orlean which I read before reading the book and then again after. Here are some books I plan to read after reading this: The Golden Bowl by Henry James (on Jennifer Eagan's list and a James I haven't read) Train by Pete Dexter (on Michael Chabon's list and I like the Dexters I've read) Moby-Dick (Amor Towle's list, but I'm currently reading it right now) Everyman (on Susan Choi's list, and I know, I know, read Roth) Black Boy by Richard Wright (on Charles Johnson's list) I'll also be adding others to my own grand TBR list. (  ) auldhouse | Sep 30, 2021 | ) JJbooklvr | Sep 18, 2021 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: Performed by Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager and a multi-cast that includes book contributors Luis Alberto Urrea, Siri Hustvedt, Laurie Frankel, Vendela Vida, and Richard Ford. The Writer's Library audiobook also features real conversations with Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, and Laila Lalami. With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful collection from "American's Librarian" Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager that celebrates the power of literature and reading to connect us all.
The Writer's Library is a revelatory exploration of the studies, libraries, and bookstores of today's favorite authorsthe creative artists whose imagination and sublime talent make America's literary scene the wonderful, dynamic world it is. A love letter to books and a celebration of wordsmiths, The Writer's Library is a treasure for anyone who has been moved by the written word. The authors in The Writer's Library are: Russell Banks TC Boyle Michael Chabon Susan Choi Jennifer Egan Dave Eggers Louise Erdrich Richard Ford Laurie Frankel Andrew Sean Greer Jane Hirshfield Siri Hustvedt Charles Johnson Laila Lalami Jonathan Lethem Donna Tartt Madeline Miller Viet Thanh Nguyen Luis Alberto Urrea Vendela Vida Ayelet Waldman Maaza Mengiste Amor Towles. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Typical questions asked by Pearl and Schwager include: What did you read as a child? Did any book inspire you to become a writer? Which books have been most important to you? Do you read while you have a book in progress?
The answers are varied, of course, yet certain books and certain authors pop up frequently. Several authors remember reading the Narnia Chronicles, Beverly Clearly, “The Lord of the Rings,” Judy Blume, “Watershed Down” and “Charlotte's Web” as children. Many, both men and women, read science fiction in their youth, especially such authors as Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov There are frequent mentions of Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Lorrie Moore, J.D. Salinger, Raymond Carver, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Flannery O'Connor and John Updike, although sometimes there are striking differences in reading tastes. Some admire Updike, while others don't. The same with Dickens. Some books once admired are in some cases now despised, such as Agatha Christie mysteries or those Narnia stories.
Some of the best-known writers interviewed included T.C. Boyle, Amor Towles, Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Donna Tartt and Russell Banks. Some of them will no doubt be mentioned at some point in the future when other writers are asked what books are on their shelves. (