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Just got back from Washington DC. So no mega-post today. But here’s a picture of the UK hardback and paperback of Hild,…
Read moreJust got back from Washington DC. So no mega-post today. But here’s a picture of the UK hardback and paperback of Hild,…
Read moreAt the end of last summer—mid-August—I unexpectedly wrote a short story, “Cold Wind.” It was triggered by heat and brine and music…
Read moreLast year, two and half months before the publication of Hild, I emailed my editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux: “I hope it’s…
Read moreThis is what the Hild paperback (out October 28 from Picador) will look like. What do you think?
Read moreFrom: Robin I am reading Hild and I have not been able to discover the definition of “haegtes.” I read on my…
Read moreThe top four vote getters for my list of possible future blog posts are, in order: dog-whistle flap copy branding for writers…
Read moreThree weeks ago, after reading/hearing a disturbing rumour that Guinness uses high-fructose corn syrup, I wrote to Guinness directly to ask them…
Read moreFrom: Gregory You once wrote “I constantly try to live up to my ideal of myself as a person and a writer (if…
Read moreNot long ago I found out read that my go-to all-purpose draft beer, Guinness, contains high-fructose corn syrup. Corn (or maize as…
Read moreAfter I’d finished my interview on To the Best of Our Knowledge about Hild and had just pushed back my chair to go,…
Read moreNow up, pages on: most of the last six months’ Hild reviews Hild interviews Hild miscellany (mostly essays I’ve written about Hild–the…
Read moreNow that I’ve drawn a line under banging the Hild drum (at least until other publicity efforts gear up) I’m free to…
Read moreFor those who are counting, this is links roundup #20. I’ve put all twenty in one place. I’m also assembling humongous roundups…
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