Articles by Emily St. John Mandel
November 29, 2010
Laura Hillenbrand 0
Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit and Unbroken, discusses her life with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. “I’m looking for a way out of here. I can’t have it physically, so I’m going to have it intellectually. It was a beautiful thing to ride Seabiscuit in my imagination.”
November 29, 2010
75 Notes for an Unwritten Essay on Literary Prizes 0
Over on The Busy Signal, Matthew Hunte presents 75 Notes For An Unwritten Essay on Literary Prizes. (22. “Want it? Want it? Of course I wanted it. I wanted it so fucking bad I could taste it!”)
November 28, 2010
A secret room in a library in India 0
The Times of India reports on an eerie library mystery: renovations to the 250-year-old National Library in Kolkata have revealed a secret chamber. The sealed 1000 square foot enclosure on the first floor has no windows, trapdoors, or openings of any kind.
November 22, 2010
Norris Church Mailer dead at 61 0
Norris Church Mailer, widow of Norman Mailer, died yesterday at 61 following a long battle with cancer. Mark Olshaker, president of the Norman Mailer Society, wrote: “She was the pilgrim soul who captured and won Norman’s heart and mind and who shared with him the last three decades of his life.”
November 15, 2010
Hint Fiction: Brevity is the Soul of What? 8
How short can a story be and still be a complete story, as opposed to, say, a fragment of something that probably should have been longer?
