Why I Collect Real Books II
My collection grew. I turned to guy fiction for a long time, Paul Auster, Tim O’Brien, Raymond Carver, and Richard Ford.…
Tag: dan chaon
Lola Quartet by Emily St John Mandel
Recall the first time you saw The Indian Runner, or Rumble Fish. If you are anything like me, it was a chemical experience, and you left the theater changed right down to your fibers.…
Interview with Emily St John Mandel
JC: While several of the guys have loved Emily St. John Mandel’s novels, Last Night in Montreal and The Singer’s Gun, JR has been singing her praises far and wide for years.…
Patrick Lane, Flabbergasted by Dan Chaon
From the forthcoming collection Stay Awake.
Death hangs around Brandon like a necklace. People die, and that’s what defines this story, but it seems to me that this is more about Brandon’s inability to accept death as a part of life.…
The Bees by Dan Chaon
From his forthcoming collection Stay Awake, Ballantine – February, 2012.
I remember reading Chaon’s collection Among the Missing on the train to and from work.…
What JE’s Reading
JE: Now that I’ve got a draft of my latest novel behind me, and I’ve promised my agent and editor (a little begrudgingly) to take a rest on blurbing for a season, I’ve finally had a chance to start catching up on my TBR list—that is, my other TBR list, the one composed of books I’m under absolutely no obligation to read as a blurber, blogger, reviewer, or friend.…
