Articles by Emily St. John Mandel
February 7, 2011
On Bad Reviews 70
Given all the years you spent writing your book or composing your music or perfecting your play before someone came along and spat on it, it’s extraordinarily difficult to respond to a bad review with grace.
January 25, 2011
Staff Pick: Hannah Pittard’s The Fates Will Find Their Way 5
In her elegant debut novel The Fates Will Find Their Way, Hannah Pittard defies the odds; she takes a story we’ve all read before—a girl disappears, the lives of those left behind are changed forever in the aftermath—and manages to create something entirely original.
December 29, 2010
Take This Waltz: Leonard Cohen’s Tour Comes to an End 10
I have a hard time describing the concerts themselves. I can describe the external details, but the problem is that words fall flat when describing a religious experience.
December 15, 2010
Carl Crawford to Open Antiquarian Bookshop 3
Now that he’s signed a $142 million contract with the Boston Red Sox, outfielder Carl Crawford has turned his attention to pursuing his decades-long dream of running an antiquarian bookstore. (context)
December 11, 2010
A Year in Reading: Emily St. John Mandel 1
The book opens with a narrow focus, then telescopes outward.
December 2, 2010
The Bad Sex Award 0
What’s it like to win the Literary Review‘s Bad Sex award? As 2010 “winner” Rowan Somerville reports, “It’s a hard pill to swallow … Despite the magazine’s assertion that ‘it’s only a bit of fun’ there’s an atmosphere of bullying peculiar to public schools about the whole thing.”
