“I’ve been working only as a novelist for twenty-five years, and the summation of what I’m capable of is here.” In this Politics and Prose event, Mark Z. Danielewski reads from his latest novel, Tom’s Crossing (Pantheon, 2025), and talks about how he felt possessed by the voice of the story and how he balances writing with a day job.
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