Should Living Be Enough ‘Lived Experience’ for a Writer?
Imagination, empathy and intelligence should matter as well as identity
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Should Living Be Enough ‘Lived Experience’ for a Writer?
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Why Horror Was an Escape From High School
For the best-selling fantasy author Leigh Bardugo, the worlds of Stephen King were more appealing than the world of “Sweet Valley High.” Growing up surrounded by popular kids who played volleyball and drove convertibles, she found more of an escape in horror and science fiction than in stories that ...
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Why Horror Was an Escape From High School
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The First Story That Scared Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Bardugo is the best-selling author behind the Ninth House trilogy, which just concluded with the release of “Dead Beat.” But her introduction to the joys of being scared out of her wits was way back in fifth grade.
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The First Story That Scared Leigh Bardugo
NYT Books and Literature
No Sleep Till the End of ‘The Bell Jar’
Spending seven hours and 51 minutes at the second annual marathon reading of Sylvia Plath’s novel in Manhattan.
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No Sleep Till the End of ‘The Bell Jar’
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Books Our Editors Love This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Books Our Editors Love This Week
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Jim Knipfel, Blind, Dyspeptic Memoirist, Dies at 61
His Slackjaw column drew on his life, which included going blind and being locked up in a psychiatric ward. Two of his books were praised by Thomas Pynchon.
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Jim Knipfel, Blind, Dyspeptic Memoirist, Dies at 61