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Otto Penzler’s nirvana of noir
This fiction guru/publisher has spent decades curating his Mysterious Press and Mysterious Bookshop. Penzler often consults with ‘regulars’ like Stephen King and James Patterson — and he suggests these thrillers to pass the pandemic.
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Vision and revision
H.D. Thoreau once said, ‘Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.’ Really?
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The writers' workshop
Creativity soars when novice and novelist give and take, says Nicholas Delbanco
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Pride and publishing
As a gay youth, Edmund White, BA ’62, bemoaned the dearth of books that reflected his experience. So, he wrote his own. Today he holds the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction.
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In conclusion . . .
Novelist Nicholas Delbanco asserts that no book is ever finished, but rather ‘relinquished.’
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Detroit’s underbelly: Fertile ground for fiction
Motown plays a starring role in hard-boiled crime series by novelist Steve Hamilton, BA ’83.
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The joy of rereading
Novelist Nicholas Delbanco delivers a creative twist on the summer reading list, revisiting some favorite books.