Writers
Jan. 7, 2013
Valediction
Maurice Sendak’s final interview with Terry Gross on “Fresh Air.”
Tags: Fresh Air · interviews · Maurice Sendak · video
Oct. 11, 2012
Three Lawyer-Writers
At Bouchercon 2012 in Cleveland with fellow authors Twist Phelan and Linda Fairstein. October 5, 2012 (photo)
Tags: author appearances · Bouchercon
Oct. 5, 2012
Gay Talese
Gay Talese gives a tour of his office and discusses his writing habits (video)
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Oct. 2, 2012
Ray Bradbury: Story of a Writer (1963)
Ray Bradbury: Story of a Writer (1963) (video)
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Aug. 23, 2012
Elmore Leonard on bad movies and good writing
Elmore Leonard interviewed. (video)
Tags: books · Elmore Leonard · video
May. 3, 2012
Graham Greene by Yousuf Karsh
Graham Greene, 1964. Portrait by Yousuf Karsh. (photo)
Tags: Graham Greene · portraits · Portraits of Writers · Yousuf Karsh
Sep. 20, 2011
John le Carré: The final interview
John le Carré, age 79, in what he claims is the final interview he will grant (2010).
Tags: interviews · John le Carre · video
Sep. 7, 2011
Lamb House
Images of Lamb House, the longtime residence of Henry James.
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Sep. 7, 2011
The Master
Henry James, 1906. Photogravure by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
Tags: Henry James · Portraits of Writers
Aug. 12, 2011
Public Writer, Private Writer
What Henry James’s story “The Private Life” tells us about writers and book tours.
Tags: book tours · Defending Jacob · Henry James · On Writing · publicity
Jul. 21, 2011
Hemingway, 1916
On his 112th birthday, two rare photos of a 17-year-old Ernest Hemingway on a fishing trip in Michigan in 1916.
Tags: Hemingway
Jun. 29, 2011
Hemingway, 1923
Ernest Hemingway’s 1923 passport photo, now at the JFK Library in Boston.
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Jun. 2, 2011
Orwell on Dickens
Two quotes pulled from Orwell’s classic essay on Dickens.
Tags: Charles Dickens · George Orwell
May. 27, 2011
Harlan Ellison: Pay the Writer!
Harlan Ellison has some choice words for those who presume writers will work for free.
Tags: Harlan Ellison · video · writing life
May. 24, 2011
Mark Twain on film
Mark Twain at his Connecticut home in 1909 (video).
Tags: Mark Twain · video
Apr. 19, 2011
Miller & Monroe, 1957
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller (1957), by Richard Avedon.
Tags: Arthur Miller · Marilyn Monroe · portraits · Richard Avedon