My TEDx Talk is about how important it is to encourage boys to read stories about girls—stories that put boys in the shoes of female main characters so that they can practice empathizing with folks on the other side of the gender divide. As things stand in our storytelling culture, the vast majority of […]
If you’ve ever wanted to listen to me talk about writing and stories for 1 hour and 24 minutes, today is your lucky day! Kate Williams and Jessica Cole asked me to join them for their podcast about writing and stories, F*cking Shakespeare, and I had so much fun, they basically couldn’t get rid […]
In the weeks leading up to the on sale date of my new novel, Happiness For Beginners (March 2015), I’m celebrating by making images of my favorite quotes from the book. Getting the word out about a new book is never easy! You can help out by SHARING THESE QUOTES (or others!) in any way you like! Drag them to […]
Random House has chosen an actress to read (perform?) the audiobook version of Everyone Is Beautiful, and she’s adorable! Kirsten Potter–you may have seen her guest spots in Medium or Judging Amy–will record the book in January. (The audiobook goes on sale the same day as the hardcover—Feb. 17, 2009!) Look at that great smile! […]
Here’s the cover for the British edition of Everyone Is Beautiful! I’m fascinated by the tag line on the front. I think if I were writing a tag line for Everyone Is Beautiful, it would go something like: “Love. Marriage. Chocolate cake.”
I just finished Curtis Sittenfeld’s new novel, American Wife: “a work of fiction loosely inspired by the life on an American first lady.” And oh, how I loved it. The writing is so fine. The dialogue is so crisp and smart, the inner landscape of the main character is so textured and complicated. The story […]