THE WRITER'S LIBRARY by Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager - Bookreporter Review

Bookreporter | September 18, 2020

“Do other cities have famous librarians? Seattle’s Nancy Pearl has even inspired an action figure by Archie McPhee! The author of BOOK LUST, Pearl has been promoting great reads for her entire career, via television and radio. She teamed up with Jeff Schwager, a Seattle-based playwright, editor and producer, to compile a list of favorite authors and ask them a simple question: Why do you read, and how does reading help you write?

To focus the list, they decided to approach U.S. writers only. But due to our increasingly diverse population, they were able to include many immigrants and authors of color. Hence the list includes Jonathan Lethem, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jennifer Egan and Siri Hustvedt. In all, they conducted 22 author interviews in person (except for Donna Tartt, whose interview happened via email) and gave the authors a chance to edit and tighten their transcripts. Each writer also provides a list of authors and books in their own library.”

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