It’s said of the James brothers that William wrote philosophy like a novelist and Henry wrote novels like a philosopher. Something similar came to mind while reading Cynthia Ozick’s essay, “W. H. Auden at the 92nd Street Y” in her…
The blogosphere has been abuzz over a six-figure deal for the rights to a year-old self-published debut novel, The Cruelty, by Scott Bergstrom. The firestorm began with a November 24th article in Publisher’s Weekly, “YA Debut Gets Six Figure Deal,…
Go Figure: Musings from the Mind of Rob Wilstein Here is a book for all novelists, Philip Roth fan or not, (full disclosure, I’m a fan) for its insightful and instructive inside look at the working process of this acclaimed…