Yesterday I learned that an short story featured in the January 8, 2018 issue of The New Yorker—“Foreign-Returned” by Sadia Shepard—bore a more than casual resemblance to the late Mavis Gallant’s story,
So what’s Behind the Attic Wall?
Continuing my reviews of books with the word “Attic” in the title is “Behind the Attic Wall,” a YA novel that could not be more different from “Flowers in the Attic,” but at the same time left such an impression on me that for years I considered it one of my favorites,
Flowers in the Attic: Sex and the pre-teen girl
Like many young girls who grew up the 1980s, I stumbled upon “Flowers in the Attic” because I was attracted to its cut-out paperback cover.
Writers’ groups are really made for writers
“Marketing is a long and arduous process that I wish I would have known more about in the beginning…” opens today’s Publisher’s Weekly article about the professional benefits of joining a writers’ group.
Knopf, Scandinavians, and publishing legends
Knopf is tagging along with another Scandinavian publishing phenomenon. This interesting article in Publisher’s Weekly details how Swedish agent Niclas Salomonsson convinced executives to sign up Lars Kepler.
The Alienist finally gets its screen debut
I was surprised to learn that Caleb Carr’s novel “The Alienist” will soon be a TNT miniseries—not because it lacked fans (it reached the top 10 of The New York Times’ Bestseller list in 1994),
Ravenmasters and cults
A couple of cool book deals caught my attention this week, via Publishers Marketplace.
First up,
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