IReading Rachel Aviv’s interview is a great way to get recommendations. The precise essayist answered my questions about his new book by asking if I had read his colleague Parul Sehgal. shock plot (of course), Janet Malcolm’s work (are you kidding?), or Parallel Lives By Phyllis Rose (You know, I’ve been Meaning To). And then
Ryan Beatty doesn’t like this part. “In the past, I really fought against it,” he tells me, “it” is an interview. “Turning down music is a very vulnerable thing,” explains the 30-year-old singer-songwriter. “I loved making it, but I was sometimes afraid to put it out. It exposes you to a lot of love but
my earliest reading memoryWhen I was five years old and starting school, I used to catch a coach from the Oxfordshire village where I lived. Twice a day I read the small metal plaque on the upholstery that warned “Watch your mind when leaving your seat”. my favorite book growing upMy dad had a copy
To examine the growing similarities between television storytelling and literary fiction—particularly their shared emphasis on complex characters and challenging themes—I recently spoke with television writer Rasheed Newson (Narcos, Chi), audience (bel-air), and novelist (There’s only one sin in Hollywood And my government means to kill me). Here is an excerpt from our conversation. Article continues