Carson McCullers

Feb 25, 2024 | lesen.de | Emma Cline |Carson McCullers |Stephen King

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A young woman pretends to be someone she isn’t in this “spellbinding” (Vogue), “smoldering” (The Washington Post) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls.

Nov 6, 2023 | democraticunderground.com | Carson McCullers

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Jun 16, 2023 | foreignaffairs.co.nz | Carson McCullers

Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel Robert King, Teaching Fellow in American Literature, University of LeicesterThe novelist Cormac McCarthy was suspicious of punctuation, profoundly interested in violence, respected skill and physical labour, and loved the richness of the English language. He was particularly fond of short, declarative sentences and the word “and”. McCarthy’s much lamented death at 89 has attracted international headlines and a renewed interest in his writing.

Feb 7, 2023 | powells.com | Marilynne Robinson |Joy Williams |Jeffrey Eugenides |Carson McCullers

When I was writing my book, Brutes, there came a point where I wanted to be thinking about it even when I was so tired of it I couldn’t bear to look at it anymore. I was also terrified of leaving it alone, like the book would forget me if I stopped reminding it I was there.