Last week, I asked you about your favorite poets. So, this week, it seemed like a good idea to ask: Who are your favorite novelists? Here are a few of mine. Note: to limit my list, I've left off a few writers who seem to be on everyone's favorite novelist list. I've also tried to identify writers whom I will read, no matter what they write. That is, if they have a new book out, I'm buying it and reading it, no questions asked. Michael Chabon: If you've only read his famously precocious debut novel, Wonder Boys, … [Read more...] about Who are your favorite novelists?
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What are the Best Novels about the Academic Life?
Over the weekend, I started reading Stephen Carter's The Emperor of Ocean Park. Carter, a law professor at Yale, made his name with nonfiction books like The Culture of Disbelief, and he also wrote a column for Christianity Today for several years. He's now successfully transitioned into a career as a bestselling novelist. The novel's narrator, Talcott Garland, is an African American law professor at a fictional Ivy League-type university (like they say - write what you know!), and a number of scenes are set within the … [Read more...] about What are the Best Novels about the Academic Life?