In the beginning was the encyclopedia. Yea, verily. I looketh upon it with mine own eyes. And I saw that it was good. There was evening and morning whilst I readeth it. Then again, there’s evening and morning pretty much every day (unless you live really, really far north). But I digresseth. A score of [...]
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Author Interview: Kim Powers, author of 'Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story'
Posted: January 15, 2008 in Author InterviewMy recent interview with author Kim Powers is up over at BiblioBuffet. I think it turned out rather well, mostly because Kim’s so charming. I hope you’ll swing by and check it out!
An Interview with Nora Coon, A 19-year Old Author of Three Books
Posted: December 11, 2007 in Author InterviewI’m not sure it gets more impressive than this. A 19-year old college student who has already published three nonfiction books. I virtually “bumped into” Nora Coon while working on my doomed National Novel Writing Month project, which bit that dust kicked up by grad school. Nora very kindly agreed to answer a few interview [...]
“What is There to Do in Mississippi?” It’s not about desire, this land that pulls us in and gets us lost on back roads til we come to an impassable bridge at midnight by some bayou. Our headlights useless, we just sit silent where kudzu looms like velvet to swath and choke the pines. Crickets [...]
Selah Saterstrom’s second novel, The Meat and Spirit Plan, will be published next month by one of my favorite independent publishers, Coffee House Press. I’m running short on adequate description to say how brilliant I think this novel truly is, so here’s what Publisher’s Weekly had to say (deleting what may be too much plot [...]
The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture and Enlightenment to American (Shoemaker and Hoard) has just been released in paper; In the Sierra Madre (University of Illinois) will be released in paper in August. LG: How did a Midwestern and transplanted Southwestern writer like you end up championing Appalachia? JB: I [...]
The Keep is a novel with a distinctly gothic taste, yet it’s not easy to pigeonhole in any genre. It has those spooky, ghostly elements we come to expect, but it can’t be defined just by that. It’s hard to define at all, really. A lot of readers have agreed with me there, though not [...]
Ian Sansom is the author of a series of books featuring a librarian as a main character. A LIBRARIAN! Is there anything more wonderful than that? Not that I’m biased, or prejudiced, or anything. Wait, yes I am. But still, I don’t think too many book-loving arms would have to be twisted in order to [...]
J. Peder Zane is the Book Review Editor and Books Columnist for the Raleigh/Durham News & Observer, positions he’s held since 1996. He’s also edited two of my personal favorite books on books: Remarkable Reads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Reading and The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books. The Top Ten is [...]
On February 19 I had the pleasure of interviewing former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins via telephone. Mr. Collins served two terms as Poet Laureate, from 2001 – 2003. He was also selected as New York State Poet for 2004. Billy Collins has published several collections of poetry (bibliography below, from wikipedia.com), and he’s been [...]
