Curtis Sittenfeld: “It’s not my primary goal to make my characters likable”
The author of "Sisterland" and "Prep" talks to Salon about pretty covers and literary gossip
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment curtis sittenfeld, sisterland
The author of "Sisterland" and "Prep" talks to Salon about pretty covers and literary gossip
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 8:00 PM UTCDetroit punk pioneers rock in "A Band Called Death," and "Under the Dome" is a creepy, kinky take on Stephen King
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 2:00 PM UTCSarah Bruni, Adelle Waldman, Alissa Nutting and Periel Aschenbrand talk about writing in very few words
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:00 AM UTCScandinavian entertainment wins our critics' acclaim, with "The Hijacking" and "The Bridge" high on the to-do's
Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 2:00 PM UTCThe novelist revealed this and more in an AMA on Reddit
Friday, Jun 21, 2013 2:30 PM UTCResearchers claim reading fiction bestows marketable skills. That's not really what it's for ...
Friday, Jun 21, 2013 11:44 AM UTC 18"The Gallery" was among the first (and best) novels about gay life in the military. Its author has an amazing story
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 12:00 AM UTCMissing the show? Take to the Internet!
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 11:59 PM UTCIn his first adult novel in eight years, the master of modern fantasy tells the story of a lonely, bookish boy
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 9:15 PM UTC 36Love and suffering plagues the Brangelina of the Big Top, and a recap of an epic "Game of Thrones" season finale
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 2:00 PM UTCNew research says reading literary fiction helps people embrace ambiguous ideas and avoid snap judgments
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 28Karen Joy Fowler's funny, powerful novel of human-animal relations finds its ideal audiobook narrator
Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 7:00 PM UTCThe veteran writer's now enough of an institution to inspire takedowns. She doesn't deserve them
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 8:15 PM UTC 19The American writer won the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction, beating writers like Zadie Smith and Hilary Mantel
Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 3:30 PM UTCWhen Rachel Kushner -- not a venerable male auteur -- writes the Great American Novel, male reviewers are flummoxed
Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 81The great L.A. novelists talk literary fame, Ellis' Twitter obsession, and Specktor's ace "American Dream Machine"
Sunday, Jun 2, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 12"East" is the morally complex eco-terrorist movie you've been waiting for, and "The Killing" comes back
Saturday, Jun 1, 2013 2:00 PM UTCA master narrator reads a tale of two creatures from folklore making new lives in turn-of-the-century Manhattan
Thursday, May 30, 2013 7:00 PM UTCWhy settle for the latest Dan Brown, when you can while away the dog days with these stylish page-turners?
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:30 PM UTC 14The final volume of Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries series does right by a beloved character
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