Friday, September 24, 2010

The Paris Review Interviews

In case you don't know, the Paris Review has been interviewing good writers (of fiction, poetry and nonfiction) for over half a century. They've put all of these interviews on the internets, here. Go read some of them; get inspired. Check out Hemingway's cranky boredom with George Plimpton. Imagine yourself answering the interviewers' questions.

Also! Starting tomorrow, it is Banned Books Week. Celebrate your freedom to read! Go expose yourself to something dangerous.

More and Better Also! If you live in glorious Seattle, make sure you swing by the University Bookstore (4326 University Way, N.E) by 7pm to hear Alexandra MacKenzie read from her debut novel Immortal Quest. You must come, and you must buy a copy, and Alex must sign it! Because I said so!

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  1. lotusgirlSeptember 24, 2010 at 7:15 AM

    I'll definitely have to check those out. They sound fun.

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  2. Michelle D. ArgyleSeptember 24, 2010 at 9:38 AM

    I WISH I could go to that book signing! Sigh.

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  3. Davin MalasarnSeptember 24, 2010 at 9:39 AM

    Thanks for the links, Scott. Last night I had a yummy catfish papaya salad at a restaurant I haven't been to in years. It's the only restaurant I've found in the U.S. that makes it.

    Oh, wait, you didn't ask about my dinner, did you?

    Have fun at the reading!

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  4. Tara MayaSeptember 24, 2010 at 9:54 AM

    I'll check it out.

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  5. scott g.f.baileySeptember 24, 2010 at 10:08 AM

    Lois: Lots of good general advice on writing, too.

    Michelle: Always one day.

    Big D: Last night I had a crepe with chicken, ham and cheese bechamel sauce with potatoes and salad. Tonight we're having Indian food; likely I'll have malai kafta and a glass of pinot noir. I'm always interested in what people had for dinner.

    Tara: It's worth trolling through to see what famous writers say about writing. Faulkner looks like he was a real bastard.

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  6. Alex MacKenzieSeptember 24, 2010 at 10:51 AM

    Thanks for the plug for my reading! I am not nervous. Much. Except my sinuses are a little plugged up. As always. Sigh.

    -Alex MacKenzie, AKA mizmak

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  7. scott g.f.baileySeptember 24, 2010 at 11:17 AM

    Mizmak: At least the books have shown up at the store! It's all smooth sailing now! You'll be brilliant.

    Everyone: tell Alex to break a leg!

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  8. Davin MalasarnSeptember 24, 2010 at 11:19 AM

    Alex, Break a leg! Have fun! You will be wonderful!

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  9. C. N. NevetsSeptember 24, 2010 at 1:58 PM

    I love the interviews, send my best wishes from Indiana for the signing...

    ...and suddenly really want catfish for dinner.

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  10. TanaSeptember 24, 2010 at 10:34 PM

    Banned book week? I'm SO there!

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