Upstairs at the Strand

Writers in Conversation at the Legendary Bookstore

Jessica Strand, Andrea Aguilar

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Norton
22 April 2016

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Anthologies (non-poetry); Literary studies: from c 1900 -

Based on a series of talks pairing writers of note at NYC's beloved bookstore, Upstairs at the Strand offers candid and behind-the-scenes accounts of the ways leading writers work, think, and live. The book features such celebrated novelists, playwrights, and poets as Martin Amis, Paul Auster, Renata Adler, Charles Simic, Patti Smith, and Mark Strand, as well as contemporary stars such as Hilton Als, Alison Bechdel, Junot Diaz, Rachel Kushner, and Tea Obreht. Here are Diaz and Als riffing on masculinity, Auster telling the story of meeting Samuel Beckett (and Edward Albee responding with an account of his own), Bechdel detailing the differences between writing about her father and writing about her mother, and George Saunders cheerfully describing to Deborah Eisenberg what he calls his Hemingway boner and how it prevented him from writing in his own voice.

Edited by: Jessica Strand, Andrea Aguilar
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 184g
ISBN: 9780393352085
ISBN 10: 0393352080
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 22 April 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jessica Strand, former events coordinator at the Strand Book Store, is the associate director of public programs at the New York Public Library. She lives in New York. Andrea Aguilar is a freelance journalist based in New York. She has been a contributing writer to El Pais since 2003.

Reviews for Upstairs at the Strand: Writers in Conversation at the Legendary Bookstore

Fascinating. . . . This assortment of literary interviews brings together the voices of some our best writers and leaves the reader wanting more. A celebratory literary salute to the Strand s vitality. Favorite authors very few found on bestseller lists are a common refrain, and the contributors cite a wide variety of work from a diverse selection of essayists, poets, dramatists, memoirists, novelists, and graphic novelists . . . [and] touch on psychotherapy, imagination, and inspiration, as well as techniques, work habits, gender, and race. A celebratory literary salute to the Strand's vitality. Favorite authors--very few found on bestseller lists--are a common refrain, and the contributors cite a wide variety of work from a diverse selection of essayists, poets, dramatists, memoirists, novelists, and graphic novelists . . . [and] touch on psychotherapy, imagination, and inspiration, as well as techniques, work habits, gender, and race.