Back on tour, a Nashville author discovers that bookshops around the South are writing intriguing new chapters

From Ali Wong's myth-puncturing manifesto to Call Me by Your Name's intimate sequel.

In this broad essay collection (beloved by booksellers), Ann Patchett reflects on the writing life, significant friendships, bookstore ownership, and taking mushrooms (really!). I had read earlier versions of some pieces before—and maybe you have, too, because we shared them in Links I Love, but I enjoyed both revisiting those and reading her new work. While I adored peeking into Patchett’s writing life, my favorite essays in this collection center not on her authorial pursuits but on…

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The annual Eudora Welty Lecture remains virtual in 2021, which means this talk will be available for viewing through June 2022.

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Award-winning author Ann Patchett talks to Joanne Finney about why she finds writing fiction so hard and the joy she gets from her bookshop and recommending novels to strangers