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Book

Upstairs at the Strand : writers in conversation at the legendary bookstore

Call Number

  • 808.02 U69 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2016]

Physical Description

xi, 208 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

Offering candid accounts of the ways writers work, think, and live, a book based on a series of talks pairing writers of note at a beloved New York bookstore features conversations with such authors as Patti Smith and Rivka Galchen.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Deborah Eisenberg & George Saunders
  • Hilton Als & Junot Diaz
  • Rivka Galchen, Hari Kunzru, & Rachel Kushner
  • Edward Albee & Paul Auster
  • Tea Obreht & Charles Simic
  • Alison Bechdel & Katie Roiphe
  • Blake Bailey & D. T. Max
  • Tina Chang & Tracy K. Smith
  • Mark Strand & Charles Wright
  • A. M. Homes & Leigh Newman
  • Renata Adler & David Shields
  • Wendy Lesser & Robert Pinsky.

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