Author of the WeekLooking at life in the voidQuirky science writer Mary Roach opens up about Packing for Mars, her latest book to tackle the curiosities of the human body and the bizarre world of scientific discovery.
Can I have your job please?
You may definitely have these parts of it: self-doubt, anxiety, unanswered email to researchers, access issues, nasty reviews. I will wrap those right up for you with a big bright bow! The rest of it, we’ll have to work out some kind of time-share. I’m pretty fond of it.
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From our archivesIt's all happening at the zooThomas French goes behind the scenes at the menagerieHow does a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter overcome a lifelong fear of animals? By writing a captivating newspaper series about Tampa Bay’s Lowry Park Zoo, to begin with. Then by transforming that series into a remarkable book about life and work inside a zoo and the difficult questions zoos raise about how humans relate to nature.
“I had…
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Advice worth takingAuthor ForumIn this feature exclusive to BookPage.com, each month, four authors are asked a question about the craft of writing to give readers an insight into how their favorite writers think and work. For October's author forum, BookPage brought together Madison Smartt Bell, Jordan Dane, Rick Mofina and Annie Solomon to ask: What was the best piece of writing advice you ever… Read More… |
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