“I think now I can safely describe myself as a writer.” Author Eric Siblin discusses his first book of creative nonfiction, The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece, which was inspired by a personal connection to an extraordinary piece of music.
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