Katherine Faw Morris
"I think it's really hard to write fiction without yourself in it." Katherine Faw Morris speaks about her debut novel, Young God (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014), and the characters that are psychologically true to her.
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Marjane Satrapi
"When I read Dostoevsky, I understand better the psychology of the human being." Marjane Satrapi, author of the graphic memoir Persepolis (Pantheon, 2004), speaks with Paul Holdengräber at the New York Public Library about how reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's work changed her life.
Liffey Swim
"The river courses through the city / turning concrete roadways to canal banks / that shrug their shoulders in dark water..." Irish poet Jessica Traynor reads from her debut poetry collection, Liffey Swim (Dedalus Press, 2014), for Dublin City Public Libraries' One City, One Book initiative.
Us
Author and screenwriter David Nicholls describes his latest novel as a road movie, comedy, and love story about family and marriage. Published in October by Harper, Us was longlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Yes Please
"The book is an attempt to speak to the feelings of being young and old at the same time." Actress and author Amy Poehler speaks with actor Martin Short about her memoir, Yes Please, published by Dey Street Books last week.
Eimear McBride
The debut novelist speaks about how reading James Joyce's Ulysses influenced her to write a book in six months, and how she struggled for years to get it published. A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing was published by Coffee House Press in September.
Eileen Myles
The author of eighteen collections of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction is introduced by poet Carolyn Forché at the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University on October 28. Her new and selected poems, I Must Be Living Twice, will be published by Ecco/Harper Collins in 2015.
New York 1, Tel Aviv 0
"In my fantasy, love is a visible thing." Shelly Oria's debut story collection, released today by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, explores international identity and relationships of love and lust.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
"Sometimes wars start because you forget why you fight." Marlon James speaks with David Eades from BBC News about his latest novel, based on the 1976 assassination attempt on singer Bob Marley. A Brief History of Seven Killings is featured in Page One in the new issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Vincent
"While other kids read books like Go Jane Go / Vincent's favorite author is Edgar Allan Poe." Written and directed by Tim Burton, and narrated by actor Vincent Price, this short film pays homage to Edgar Allan Poe and his famed poem "The Raven."