The most highly regarded American authors tend to be dominated by male writers. While female authors may top the sales charts, they are rarely celebrated as their male counterparts in the sense of their literary competence. There are multiple different reasons as to why, but overall the difference in sex doesn’t equate to the difference in ability to write.
Garth Stein’s, How Evan Broke his Head, was recently re-launched for its 10th anniversary, an event that was recently highlighted in the Seattle Times.
Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, took time from her busy schedule to speak about animal experiments.
Sonia Taitz takes a moment to answer questions on her transition from lawyer to author and her upcoming novel, Down Under. She explains the difference in writing her memoir, The Watchmakers Daughter, to writing her first novel, In the King’s Arms, and how both formats allow her to tell a story with a different process.
Jamie Ford was interviewed, on an online radio program, recently about both his published books, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost, as well as the upcoming novel he’s working on. Jamie Ford discusses how his love of reading started with comic books and that as a child he had a passion for telling stories. He explains the importance in enjoying what he is writing and that is how he knows it works.
As the number of children crossing the border alone increases dramatically, Sonia Nazario has been discussing the reasons they travel into the US. She explains the situation in Central America is filled with gang violence and threats of murder which is causing the wave of children crossing the border to surge.
Michael Hingson, author of Thunder Dog, blogged advice to parents of blind children. Michael drew from his own parent’s experience, of denying doctor advice and instead treating him as any child, allowing him to make mistakes, explore and believe he can accomplish anything. It’s his confidence in himself that has allowed him to persevere through the September 11th attacks and escape the World Trade Center with his dog.
Anthony Marra author of, A Constellation of a Vital Phenomena: A Novel, was recently announced as the 2014 Adult Debut Book of the Year by the Indies Choice Book Awards. A Constellation of a Vital Phenomena, is set in contemporary Chechnya, and follows three people as their pasts are revealed and the power of love is presented.
Summer is around the corner which means there are some amazing opportunities to listen to your favorite author. Here are a couple June events coordinated with Books in Common.
