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Jill Lepore, a Harvard professor of American history, read several passages from her new fiction book, “Blindspot,” discussed its historical background, and signed books along with co-author Jane Kamensky, also a professor of American history at Brandeis University...
...kind of reaction the playwright should expect - even aim for. "If you want to write about subjects that are based on historical events, and you want people to be challenged, to look at these events in a different light, you shouldn't be surprised when they confuse reality with fiction," says Richard Eyre, former director of the National Theatre and a frequent Hare director. But Hare continues to be rankled by the obsession with the factual backdrop to his art. "I don't deny that I'm a political writer, but there's more to my work than just...
...what Americans are reading: The NEA's survey, which included more than 18,000 respondents, found that nearly 47% of all adults in the U.S. read a work of fiction not required for work or school in 2008, with the number of Americans who read a book growing by 3.5 million. (Of course, it should be noted that the general population has grown by 19 million since 2002, meaning that far more people in the U.S. opted not to read a book last year). A new question attempted to break the fiction genre down by subcategories - mystery, thriller, romance, science...
Ardai, an Edgar and Shamus Award--winning author, is editor and founder of the pulp-fiction publisher Hard Case Crime
Many science-fiction and fantasy sagas are driven by the quest for One Big Solution: a singular objective that, realized, fixes everything. Someone throws a ring in a volcano and Sauron is obliterated. Someone kills the emperor and balance is restored to the Force...