I think writers are admirable, on the whole, and I often wonder where they get all their ideas; but I do wish some of them wouldn’t try so hard to make their readers feel backward. There is really no ...

There’s no question that it takes a village to make a novel a success, no matter how wonderful the writing and the story. I started building a tribe that would help to define me as a novelist, in my ...

I find myself, rewardingly, in a Reader state of mind. It’s the result of spending time savoring the 300 pages of a book that some thought might never be created. “Free Chicago: 50 Years of the Reader ...