Novelist Elinor Lipman has written an essay for the New York Times on the fine art of blurbing – writing short, pithy quotes to appear on fellow authors’ dust jackets.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Historian and president of Harvard University, Drew Gilpin Faust tells Steve Paulson that Civil War deaths consumed the entire nation with grief and transformed America in many ways.
Acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel has written two brutally honest memoirs about her parents. She tells Steve Paulson about her complicated relationship with her mother and how it inspired her as an artist.
Errol Morris talks with Steve Paulson about Robert McNamera who is the subject of his latest film, “The Fog of War.”
Cheryl Jarvis talks about “The Marriage Sabbatical”: it’s a time one spouse can pursue an individual dream, while maintaining a commitment to the marriage.
BookMark: Vikram Chandra reviews “The King Must Die” by Mary Renault.
In this UNCUT interview, novelist Deborah Harkness talks about studying the history of magic, and then transforming history into fiction.
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