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By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review
By the Book Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review Author:Pamela Paul (Editor), Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator) Foreword by Scott Turow. — Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them. — Paula Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, brings together 65 of the most intriguing and fascinating exchanges from the By The Book feature featuring personalities as varied a... more »s David Sedaris, HIlary Mantel, Michael Chabon, Khaled Hosseini, Anne Lamott, and James Patterson. The 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, offering a range of experiences and observations that deepen readers' understanding of the literary sensibility and the writing process. It also features dozens of sidebars that reveals the commonalities and conflicts among the participants, underscoring those influences that are truly universal and those that remain matters of individual taste.« less
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