What do the great books of your youth have to say about your life now? Smokler's essays on the classics are divided into ten sections, each covering an archetypical stage of life from youth and first love to family, loss, and the future. The author not only reminds you about the…
What do the great books of your youth have to say about your life now? Smokler's essays on the classics are divided into ten sections, each covering an archetypical stage of life from youth and first love to family, loss, and the future. The author not only reminds you about the…
A few big names in fiction, a handful of below-the-radar faves, and a lot of writers to watch discuss "why books? why now?" in this collective credo about the future of literature.
"The immensely talented writers in this collection all came of age professionally in the last decade - and all chose reading and writing over another more lucrative and decidedly flashier pursuits. They became producers and consumers of the written word at the most media-saturat…