What Lasts and (Mostly) Doesn't Last
On the books that are remembered, rejected, repudiated, and rediscovered
Recently after a literary event, I was hanging out with some other writers and a conversation about older books led to a parlor game. One of us would read the titles of bestselling novels from a few decades ago and everyone else would try to guess the authors’ names. It was hard. Even with hints. We switched to N…
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