For Jamie Quatro, There’s ‘Something Mystical’ About Writing

Every time I read Jamie Quatro’s fiction—from her debut collection I Want to Show You More, to her 2018 novel Fire Sermon, to her short stories in the New Yorker—I experience the same edge-of-my-seat pleasure. Quatro’s characters are as alive as flesh-and-blood people; the Southern landscape they inhabit feels solid enough to stand in. But … The post For Jamie Quatro, There’s ‘Something Mystical’ About Writing appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at 'The Millions'

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Nnedi Okorafor on Writing and Narrating the Audiobook of Her Memoir

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Ken Follett writes prequel to Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett has written a prequel to his most popular novel The Pillars of the Earth, which was first published in 1989.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Feminist Writing by Women from around the World, by Olivia McCourry

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Tiger Woods to write memoir telling his 'definitive story'

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Writing the Book on the Big Book: Spotlight on William H. Schaberg

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Paul Wolfe Writes the Story of JFK's Lover

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Canongate scoops new nature writing The Oak Papers

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Crystal Hana Kim and Laura van der Berg on What It Means to ‘Learn to Write’

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