On Not Letting Go: An Interview with Alix Ohlin
Alix Ohlin’s new novel, Inside and her story collection
Alix Ohlin’s new novel, Inside and her story collection
What do books about octogenarians share with teen vampire novels? Four recent books with more angst than a high school cafeteria.
What can we learn from Chris Cleve’s interesting but sugary summer read about competing Olympic cyclists? That well-assigned conflicts are what make bestsellers tick.
Richard Ford returns to Montana and heads north to Canada. His seventh novel explores life’s borders.
Author Hisham Matar discusses the Libyan Revolution’s effect on writing novels, the difference between reading and talking, and why he does not identify as an intellectual.
I am unreasonably excited to see the film adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Is it because Gatsby is one of my favorite novels? Because Baz Lurhmann is brilliant? Because Leonardo DiCaprio makes me swoon? Mark me down for “All of the Above.” Actually, most of all, I can’t wait to see how this novel comes to life on the big screen. It contains some of the most cinematic scenes I can think of—one of my favorites is the first moment we meet Daisy, in a swirl of white curtains—but I’m not sure how it will translate to film. Which makes […]
Hello again, FWR friends. Welcome to the latest installment of our new blog series, “First Looks,” which highlights soon-to-be released books that have piqued my interest as a reader-who-writes. We publish “First Looks” here on the FWR blog around the middle of each month, and as always, I’d love to hear your comments and your recommendations of forthcoming titles. Please drop me a line anytime: erika(at)fictionwritersreview(dot)com, and thanks in advance. The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, by Stephen L. Carter: This one will be published just after Independence Day, but it caught my eye back in January thanks to Barbara Hoffert’s […]
How do you write a compelling fiction when the reader knows what happens?
Henkin’s briskly paced third novel follows the Frankel family over a single July 4th weekend, drawn together to commemorate their son’s death in Iraq.
Last week we featured Lauren Groff’s new novel Arcadia, and we’re pleased to announce the winners: Patricia Selbert (@HouseofSixDoors) Helen Page (@bulkarn) Heather Galaska (@heatherlgalaska) Congrats! To claim your free copy, please email us at the following address: winners [at] fictionwritersreview.com If you’d like to be eligible for future giveaways, please visit our Twitter Page and “follow” us! Thanks to all of you who are fans. We appreciate your support. Let us know your favorite new books out there!
