I've been hearing about Nick Hornby and his books in the last few months but hadn't read anything by him. Last week I picked up his latest novel, "A Long Way Down."
Terry Gross interviewed him today on Fresh Air and listeners heard him talk about the book, learned what he thinks about being called a writer of "ladlit," and heard his thoughts on book buying versus book reading of which I have to say he's SPOT on!
About Me
- katrina
- Originally from Vermont, I now live in North Carolina. My work can be found in recent issues of REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters, The Jabberwock Review, The Emerson Review, Storyglossia, The MacGuffin, Confrontation, Passages North, SmokeLong Quarterly, elimae, wigleaf, and Pank, among others, and forthcoming from Gargoyle #57 and REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters. One of my stories has been translated into Farsi by Asadollah Amraee, and many others by Jalil Jafari, two of which have been published in the Iranian journal, Golestaneh Magazine. For two years I worked as an assistant editor for Narrative Magazine. Currently, I serve as a mentor for Dzanc's Creative Writing Sessions. I'm working on two novels and a short story collection. In May, I was awarded the Carol Houck Smith Contributor Scholarship for the 2011 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
3 comments:
I really like Nick Hornby. Have read a bunch of his books and they never disappoint.
He's very amusing.
Wouldn't it be nice if publishers could stop giving each group of books who remotely show anything in common with the human experience a dorky title?
Hi Myf, good to know. His latest certainly looks interesting.
Hi Steph,
I agree--the labels must go.
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