At the Chicago Review of Books, Meghan O’Rourke discusses The Invisible Kingdom, a mix of memoir and research that investigates chronic illness through multiple lenses. “My work as a poet helped shape this book,” she explains. “I didn’t want it to be merely a work of reportage; I wanted to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-03-07 21:30:33 UTC ]
Brendan Slocumb is clear about the lived experience behind The Violin Conspiracy, a propulsive first novel about the theft of a Stradivarius valued at $10 million on the eve of the international Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The book is based in part on his own experiences as a concert... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-09 09:49:43 UTC ]
A book that takes place in one day offers immersion in a character’s life and consciousness, with the added resonance of a creative constraint that mirrors our own lived experience of 24 hours with changing light, ticking numbers, and the book-ends of sleep. My attempt to try this in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-19 08:50:02 UTC ]
Rafia Zakaria sees a power gap between career feminists and those with lived experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-08-13 12:00:00 UTC ]
Faber associate publisher Louisa Joyner and publisher Alex Bowler have appealed to the Women's Prize to "revisit" its new rules around eligibility "to consider the lived experience of now excluded writers". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 14:48:15 UTC ]