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Tag Archives: Jeanette Winterson
“Our Life At Home Was a Bit Odd.” – Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
I’ve written a lot about Jeanette Winterson. You can check out the archive, if you feel so inclined. She is one of my favorite authors writing today. So much so that when I didn’t care for her work (there was … Continue reading
“For most of my life I’ve been a bare-knuckle fighter.” – Jeanette Winterson
This piece by Jeanette Winterson, a writer I have written about ad nauseum, is extraordinary. You never know, with Winterson, what is real or what is not. Her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, excerpt here tells the … Continue reading
A.S. Byatt’s New Book
She’s got a new giant novel coming out: The Children’s Book. it’s been a while for her – recently it’s been mainly short stories – and I am beyond excited. Now that I hear what it’s about, I am even … Continue reading
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Tagged A.S. Byatt, Annie Proulx, J.D. Salinger, Jeanette Winterson, John Banville, Michael Chabon, Nancy Lemann
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7 Weird Reading Facts
Got this from ricki. 1. I am very sensitive to typeface. I will NOT read a book if I find the typeface grating or unfriendly. I have bad eyes, too, so a good typeface is important. Penguin Classics USED to … Continue reading
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Tagged A.S. Byatt, Cormac McCarthy, Elinor Lipman, Hopeful Monsters, Jeanette Winterson, John Irving, Lives of the Saints, Lorrie Moore, Madeleine L'Engle, Margaret Atwood, Mating, Michael Chabon, Nancy Lemann, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Ring of Endless Light, Robert Kaplan, The Passion
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The Books: “Lighthousekeeping” (Jeanette Winterson)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Lighthousekeeping, by Jeanette Winterson. After about a decade of reading books by Winterson that were a bit of a yawn, I tore through Lighthousekeeping like a crazy person. I read it WAY too fast … … Continue reading
The Books: “Tanglewreck” (Jeanette Winterson)
Actually, this book is a book for kids – but in the interest of keeping an “author together” – I have shelved it with Winterson’s adult books. So: Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Tanglewreck, by Jeanette Winterson. This is Jeanette … Continue reading
The Books: “Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles” (Jeanette Winterson)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles (Myths, The), by Jeanette Winterson. Part of the ongoing Myths Series from Random House (which I adore) – Winterson takes on the myth of Atlas and Heracles. I … Continue reading
The Books: “The PowerBook’ (Jeanette Winterson)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: The PowerBook, by Jeanette Winterson. Ali is the narrator of The PowerBook. She is a storyteller. She sells her services online to tell stories for others. Any story you want. It can star you … … Continue reading
The Books: “The World and Other Places” – ‘Turn of the World’ (Jeanette Winterson)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: The World and Other Places: Stories, by Jeanette Winterson – a short story collection. Excerpt from the story ‘Turn of the World’. The kind of writing and imagination on display in this story is my … Continue reading