Annalisa Quinn
Annalisa Quinn is a contributing writer, reporter, and literary critic for NPR. She created NPR's Book News column and covers literature and culture for NPR.
Quinn studied English and Classics at Georgetown University and holds an M.Phil in Classical Greek from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Cambridge Trust scholar.
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British writer Diana Athill is 98 — by her own account, a very old woman. In this slim but lovely volume, she recounts the moments that have lingered: heartbreak, yes, but also hills of bluebells.
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Also: A Jane Austen Festival sets a new record; Terrance Hayes on winning a MacArthur.
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Also: writers ask Amazon's board to end battle with Hachette; notable books coming out this week.
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Also: Edith Grossman on literary translation; a poem for James Foley.
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Also: How to tell you're in a Balzac novel; Ernest Hemingway's letters.
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Also: a history of novels written entirely in dialogue; the subversiveness of Harriet the Spy.
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Also: The queen of England's former press secretary is reportedly writing a book about the royal family; Sheila Heti interviews Joan Didion.
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Also: an excerpt of Haruki Murakami's new book; notable books coming out this week.
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Also: Brian McGreevy on horror writer Angela Carter; why poetry and computer engineering go together.
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Also: North Carolina Poet Laureate Valerie Macon resigns; David Orr on James Franco's poetry.