Tag: writer
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Elif Batuman: A Classic 5′ 10″
Last April Elif Batuman wrote a great piece in The Guardian about life after her book The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them became a best seller. The book is a memoir-like collection of essays chronicling her experiences studying the Russian masters. In the essay Batuman writes about a funny exchange between her and Jonathan…
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Colm Toibin At Work
Love this photo of the Irish Novelist Colm Toibin at work. This is indeed the desk of a working writer.
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Discussion With British Chef Marco Pierre White
In many ways I’m the last person to appreciate a talk by a famous international chef–I’m picky, American and provincial in my eating habits–yet I found this discussion by Marco Pierre White fascinating and inspiring. He is a charming, intelligent man who understands both his craft and his place in the world. The chef as artist proves true in Mr.…