Johanna Skibsrud – I would say that the novel is a meditation on history and responsibility. I didn’t write it to get any particular message across—more the opposite. I wrote it for the same reason that I write anything. Because life is one great big puzzle.
A new novel by Giller Prize winning author Johanna Skibsrud
Quartet for the End of Time: A new novel by Giller Prize winning author Johanna Skibsrud
-by Susan Paddon
It feels somehow right that Johanna Skibsrud’s first interview for her new novel, Quartet for the End of Time, is for The Inverness Oran and takes place in her home in St. Joseph du Moine.
Writing a First Novel | Edited By Karen Stevens | Macmillan
In this inspiring collection of essays, a range of award-winning, established and newly published writers offer highly personal accounts of their creative processes. Authors reveal the anxieties, considerations and discoveries that shaped their own first novels, arming new writers with practical advice, focus and inspiration. The books final section presents the perspectives of an agent, a publisher and an author on the business of publishing a first novel.
Responding to Muriel Rukeyser at 100 Years, The Volta
A “Most Human” Call: Responding to Muriel Rukeyser at 100 years
xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths now available!
A new story, “A Horse, A Vine,” appears in this amazing collection.
xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths