Earlier this week the literary agent (and former magazine editor) David Kuhn pulled a funny trick, and submitted a novel to publishers across town without telling them who wrote it. The only clue the agent gave was the novel itself, which, according to people who have read it, is told from the perspective of a Read More
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, a crowd of writers and well wishers gathered to celebrate the release of Going Hungry, a collection of 19 personal essays on the process of overcoming eating disorders. The book, edited by 28-year-old Kate Taylor, includes pieces by the poet Louise Gluck, acclaimed young adult novelist Francesca Lia Block, Francine du Read More
"Every generation thinks it’s special—my grandparents because they remember horses and buggies, my parents because of the Depression. The over-30′s are special because they knew the Red Scare of Korea, Chuck Berry and beatniks. My older sister is special because she belonged to the first generation of teen-agers (before that, people in their teens were Read More
J.D. Salinger is one of our visionaries, so the news that his former lover Joyce Maynard is planning to write a memoir that will describe their 25-years-ago relationship has sparked some anger, notably Jonathan Yardley’s assertion in The Washington Post that Joyce Maynard isn’t a good enough writer to take out J.D. Salinger’s linen. My Read More
