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If We Could Rewind It
The secret to why I wrote a time travel novel is in my book’s dedication. I’m not a big science fiction reader. The inscription reads, For my father, George Daviau (1910-1992), who, by the stretch in...
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I Love My People
From her new forever home in Portland, Oregon, author Mo Daviau reflects on what makes a writing community, the importance of first books, and her favorite bookstore in the world (which curiously is...
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Mr. Spock, Poet
Leonard Nimoy was more than just a pretty half-Vulcan face. He also enjoyed a successful recording career, conducted numerous photographic projects, and even—you may not know this—published seven books...
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Mother’s Milk
“They must all hang their heads because they haven’t done it perfectly, and motherhood is, if anything, the assumption of perfection.” —Unnamed Narrator My second novel, What Lies Between Us, is...
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Book Keeping with Nayomi Munaweera
Author Nayomi Munaweera won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia for her first novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, so it was with great anticipation that were able to ask her about her followup,...
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If I Loved You
Americans love musicals. Americans invented musicals. Americans perfected musicals. But what, exactly, is a musical? And how does love make it onstage? In The Secret Life of the American Musical, which...
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Okraphobia
Roy Blount Jr. is one of America’s most cherished comic writers. He’s been compared to Mark Twain and James Thurber, and in his latest work, Save Room for Pie, he applies his much-praised wit and charm...
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All in a Day’s Work with John Wray
Who better to inaugurate our All in a Day’s Work series than John Wray, itinerant sunpatch hopper and professional novelist funnyman? As he roamed Kings County in search of inspiration and cappuccinos,...
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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds peopled by characters so intriguing and real that we can’t shake them, even long after the reading’s done....
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Is Theatre Helpful?
When writing my play The Oldest Boy, which involves an American child recognized as a Tibetan tulku, I often called people in the Tibetan community for help and insight. I’ll never forget when I first...
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A Painterly Playlist
While I was writing The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, I surrounded myself with images from the 17th century, especially paintings and engravings of the Dutch Golden Age. My Sara de Vos is a fictional...
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Reading Group Guide: The Sport of Kings
Henry Forge and his daughter, Henrietta, are the heirs to one of Kentucky’s oldest and richest families. According to Forge family mythology, their lineage can be traced back to the white settlers who...
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They May Not Mean To, But They Do
“Over the past thirty-three years, Cathleen Schine has been one of our most realistically imaginative, dependably readable novelists . . . Her tenth and newest novel, however, cuts deeper, feels fuller...
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Book Keeping with Miroslav Penkov
Miroslav Penkov’s debut novel, Stork Mountain, is full of “strange and vertiginous language.” It was with great pleasure that we asked him about the Balkan lineage of his book and what he’s reading...
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Reading Group Guide: They May Not Mean To, But They Do
Acclaimed for blending wry humor and crystal-clear truth, Cathleen Schine now explores the quandaries of eldercare through the eyes of a vibrant matriarch who has no interest in aging gracefully. Joy...
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Black Water
MONKEY DONKEY OWL (1998) He woke every night at the same time, the small hours — when it was darkest. His upper torso jerked; his eyes opened. His hand flailed for the lamp on the bedside table but met...
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Play Better
Although there’s much more research to do, playing and learning go together. Letting children play is important. But is there any more to say about the role of caregivers? Can parents somehow help...
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A Favorite Chair
I’ve recently been touring around giving talks and readings in bookstores, libraries, and colleges. The subject is my latest book, Now I Sit Me Down, a history of the chair. A common question from the...
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Me and Not Me: What We Owe to Montaigne
I never set out to write a memoir. Nor did I set out to become old. Apparently I have managed to do both, first the second, and then the first. Hence, Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead, whose...
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Table Manners
Are you the guest who runs late and texts real-time updates? The diner with allergies or the host trying to accommodate them? The social media addict who can’t put your phone down at the restaurant?...
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