Nobel Prize winner, J.M. Coetzee, gave the National Book Critics Circle a list of five books he believes reviewers should have in their libraries.
The Iliad. - the standard for the narrative of action.
Aristotle, Poetics. - the terms for all later debate on the truth claims of history versus the truth claims of poetry.
Cervantes, Don [...]
1. Why do you blog?
I guess there’s a couple reasons. My high-minded, optimistic, lofty, if not sappy-sounding ambition is to promote the books and authors I love to other possible fans. I like the idea of someone stumbling across my blog, seeing something in common between my literary tastes and theirs, and using that as [...]
1. Why do you blog?
I’m not very good at it. But on a hokey level - to reach out to readers and let them in at the same time.
2. Which author and/or book has most influenced you?
It all started with Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment & Camus’ The Outsider.
3. Which three blogs do you most visit?
John [...]
1. Why do you blog?
I have no idea. It just struck me as something fun to do, and so I did it. This could explain why my blog topics are completely random.
2. Which author and/or book has most influenced you?
That is a tough question! Only one? I could list tons of writers [...]
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