Blake Bailey is an award-winning literary biographer, penning books on Richard Yates, John Cheever and, in the future, Philip Roth. His newest book is Farther & Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson and it's just as compelling as his others. Pay attention, because when an award winner has advice, we should all listen.
Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
5 Writing Tips from Blake Bailey
Blake Bailey is an award-winning literary biographer, penning books on Richard Yates, John Cheever and, in the future, Philip Roth. His newest book is Farther & Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson and it's just as compelling as his others. Pay attention, because when an award winner has advice, we should all listen.
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