These video clips are priceless: H.G. Wells and Boris Pasternak to name just two. All of them come courtesy of Dave Astor. There are more on his blog
Last week’s post featuring author videos received a nice response, so I thought I’d do a second column spotlighting some other authors. As before, I made sure all the clips were short — and again started with living writers and concluded with deceased ones.
Fannie Flagg, whose warmly compelling novels include Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, discusses topics such as how she got her pen name:
Rita Mae Brown, who first rose to literary fame with her great lesbian-themed classic Rubyfruit Jungle, talks about her mystery series co-starring human and animal detectives:
Terry McMillan focuses on how she writes her novels (Waiting to Exhale, etc.) and the unhealthiness of staying angry:
Khaled Hosseini, author of books such as The Kite Runner, recalls his transition from physician to novelist and discusses how refugees make the U.S. a better place. Hosseini himself was a…
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Thank you very much for the reblog, Daniel! 🙂
I thought they were fantastic clips, Dave, really worth showing.
I agree, Daniel — I also found the clips to be VERY interesting. Thank you again!
Nice share
They’re great!