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Title

By the book : writers on literature and the literary life from the New York Times Book Review / edited and with an introduction by Pamela Paul ; foreword by Scott Turow ; illustrations by Jillian Tamaki.

Publication

New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

Supplementary Content

Cover image

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Details

Additional Authors

• Paul, Pamela
• Tamaki, Jillian, 1980-

Description

xix, 314 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them. Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer, or artist will be the subject of the popular "By the Book" feature. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the Book Review, and here she brings together sixty-five of the most intriguing and fascinating exchanges, featuring personalities as varied as David Sedaris, Hilary Mantel, Michael Chabon, Khaled Hosseini, Anne Lamott, and James Patterson. These questions and answers admit us into the private worlds of these authors, as they reflect on their work habits, reading preferences, inspirations, pet peeves, and recommendations. By the Book contains the full uncut interviews, reflecting a range of experiences and observations that deepens readers' understanding of the literary sensibility and the writing process. It also features dozens of sidebars that reveal the commonalities and conflicts among the participants, underscoring those influences that are truly universal and those that remain matters of individual taste. If you are a devoted reader, By the Book is a way to invite sixty-five of the most interesting guests into your world. It's a book party not to be missed"--

Uniform Title

New York Times book review.

Subject

• Authors > Interviews
• Books and reading
• Authorship
• LITERARY COLLECTIONS > General
• LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary
• Authors

Genre/Form

• Essays.
• Interviews.

Note

• Includes index.
• "A New York Times book."

Contents

David Sedaris -- Lena Dunham -- Neil Gaiman -- Mary Higgins Clark -- Drew Gilpin Faust -- Carl Hiaasen -- John Irving -- Elizabeth Gilbert -- Richard Ford -- Colin Powell -- Dave Eggers -- Sylvia Nasar -- Ira Glass -- Junot Díaz -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Nicholson Baker -- Emma Thompson -- Michael Chabon -- Jeffrey Eugenides -- J.K. Rowling -- David Mitchell -- John Grisham -- P.J. O'Rourke -- Anne Lamott -- Ian McEwan -- Lee Child -- Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Francine Prose -- Jared Diamond -- Alain de Botton -- Dave Barry -- Katherine Boo -- Marilynne Robinson -- Sheryl Sandberg -- Caroline Kennedy -- Isabel Allende -- Anna Quindlen -- Jonathan Franzen -- Hilary Mantel -- Walter Mosley -- Khaled Hosseini -- Jeannette Walls -- Dan Brown -- Dan Savage -- Christopher Buckley -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- James McBride -- James Patterson -- Jonathan Lethem -- Jhumpa Lahiri -- Richard Dawkins -- Sting -- Andrew Solomon -- Malcolm Gladwell -- Scott Turow -- Donna Tartt -- Ann Patchett -- Amy Tan -- Bryan Cranston -- Michael Connelly -- Neil DeGrasse Tyson -- E.L. Doctorow -- Chang-Rae Lee -- Gary Shteyngart -- Rachel Kushner.

Call Number

JFE 14-8093

ISBN

• 9781627791458
• 1627791450

LCCN

2014009601

OCLC

869770726

Title

By the book : writers on literature and the literary life from the New York Times Book Review / edited and with an introduction by Pamela Paul ; foreword by Scott Turow ; illustrations by Jillian Tamaki.

Publisher

New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Added Author

Paul, Pamela, editor.

Tamaki, Jillian, 1980- illustrator.

Added Title

New York Times book review.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-8093