September 11, 2009

Notes from Around the Web

Author Anita Diamant (whose latest book, Day After Night, is on my tbr list) explains how her book ideas originate. I know that lots of authors despise having to address this question, but since I seem to have quite a bit of trouble generating workable ideas, I'm interested in their responses.
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Remember Swede Levov, the character Philip Roth created in American Pastoral? The son of the "real" Swede (Swede Masin) has written a book about his father.
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A characteristically eloquent and important message, this time on the Toronto International Film Festival situation I mentioned the other day, from Andrew Silow-Carroll.

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