ann patchett

1 min read 2021-11-24 00:37:48

11 new books to be grateful for this week.

Today brings us new titles from A.S. Byatt, Ann Patchett, Mario Vargas Llosa, Haruki Murakami, and more! What a line-up! We’re grateful for new

1 min read 2021-11-23 16:50:05

There was a time I prided myself on being able to write in airports. I could write in my quiet office, sure, but I could also write in a high school

1 min read 2021-10-10 22:46:27

Ann Patchett’s short memoir of her writing life, “The Getaway Car,” collected in her book, This is The Story of a Happy Marriage, is one of

1 min read 2021-09-05 20:01:00

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett - 2019 - 352 pages - Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Fiction - 2021This is my first venture into the work of Ann

1 min read 2021-08-14 23:11:28

Normally I celebrate standout marketing writing. But this week I’m sharing a line from a novel I’m reading. It’s simple. It’s compact. And

1 min read 2021-07-10 05:13:00

I had a great month of reading in June. I loved all of the books I read, in different ways. The books were from my 20 Books of Summer list. And I

1 min read 2021-06-29 06:08:00

I purchased this book at least 10 years ago, and I don't know why I waited so long to read it. All I knew about it when I started reading it was that

6 min read 2021-03-20 20:58:00

On this early morning, I'm reading a post on social media that Kate DiCamillo replaced references to Gone with the Wind in Because of

6 min read 2021-03-20 20:58:00

On this early morning, I'm reading a post on social media that Kate DiCamillo replaced references to Gone with the Wind in Because of

4 min read 2021-02-07 21:00:00

After my last Book Nook column was a smashing success, the Powers that Be at DIY MFA saw it in their infinite wisdom to make this a monthly column!

1 min read 2020-10-06 04:05:25

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

2 min read 2020-08-07 19:00:00

As we near the end of our series of posts featuring favorite writing tips, I'm relieved none of the other TeachingAuthors has discussed the advice

5 min read 2020-05-05 23:47:16

American author Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Nickel Boys. Whitehead becomes only the fourth writer to

2 min read 2020-01-18 13:30:23

Whoops! This was the list for the top 10 fiction, non-fiction and poetry titles sold by independent booksellers in Edmonton during the week ended

1 min read 2019-11-07 23:12:26

*STARRED REVIEW Tom Hanks couldn’t be a more affable, ‘let’s-enjoy-this-together’ narrator for Ann Patchett’s (Commonwealth) marvelous