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Return of a Roth … necessary reading … rest, Peter

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 by Nick Owchar, posted in A Game of Thrones, Henry Roth, Kai Maristed, Lijia Zhang, Peter Mathiessen, Publishing, Reading, W.W. Norton, Writing

Of the Roth triumvirate (Philip, Joseph, and Henry), Henry usually gets overshadowed by the other two. After all, how can a maker of bildungsroman tales compete with portraits of a failing empire or the romantic uses of a piece of liver? Well, the work of Henry Roth -- lyric chronicler of childhood in Call It Sleep -- … Continue reading Return of a Roth … necessary reading … rest, Peter

If winter came to George R.R. Martin, what next?

July 19, 2013July 19, 2013 by Nick Owchar, posted in A Game of Thrones, Books, George R.R. Martin, Myth - A Game of Thrones, Myth - George R.R. Martin, Writing

So, what kind of obligation does a writer have to his fans? I couldn’t help thinking of George R.R. Martin after watching a trailer of Baz Luhrmann’s production of “The Great Gatsby.” That might seem like an unexpected leap, but it’s not a big one. Thinking about “Gatsby” made me think about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last … Continue reading If winter came to George R.R. Martin, what next?