novels
How the ‘Normal People’ TV series redeemed the novel for me
The relationship between Marianne and Connell in Sally Rooney’s book was indeed very “sticky,” but I thought the writing didn’t do it justice, writes Dafna Izenberg
Translator Sheila Fischman on novelist Gaétan Soucy’s death
Acclaimed Quebec novelist dies at 54
Could Wattpad be the ‘killer app’ for aspiring writers?
On Wattpad, anyone can write and get feedback—just ask Margaret Atwood
What makes Nicholas Sparks fly
The king of hardcover, and Hollywood, romance reveals the secret to his massive box-office success
Steven Heighton on his new novel: immersed in story
When Yann Martel stepped to the podium in Ottawa for a recent joint reading and on-stage interview with Steven Heighton, he described Heighton as a “man of letters.”
Turning classic novels into “Twitterature”
College roommates rewrite Dante, Shakespeare and others ― 140 characters at a time
Lush life on the LES
I’m reading Lush Life, a novel by Richard Price, a NY writer who wrote Clockers as well as a lot of scripts for The Wire. The book opens with a a murder on the lower east side — nothing earth shattering plot-wise, but Price does dialogue really well. In one scene, the cops try to piece together what happened. One cop named Yolanda is interrogating the prime suspect, a 35-year old wannabe actor named who bartends at a place on Rivington: