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Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
…of the brutal murder of his wife. Still, these men are in the business of figuring things out, even as Pepin’s role in Alice’s death grows ever more confounding when they link him to a highly unusual hit man called Mobius. Like the Escher drawings that inspire the computer games David designs for a living, these complex, interlocking dramas are structurally and emotionally intense, subtle, and intriguing; they brilliantly explore the warring impu…
Read more ›The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman
…a trained chef; I’ve never been to cooking school. I’ve never even waited tables but that’s probably for the best because I’m a huge klutz and I bet diners don’t like that. It may not make for an exciting tell-all one day, but I just really like to cook and I’ve learned through trial and error, figuring out what I like and what was a total waste of my time. That said, I think I got my good attitude about cooking from my mom; my mother didn’t start…
Read more ›Nathan Hill on The Nix: An Exclusive Q&A
…ence of reading that book? What is the benefit of being told what a book is “about,” and what is the benefit of not knowing, of figuring it out along the way?…
Read more ›A Baker's Dozen Recommended Mysteries
…y the most influential mystery story of all time. The key challenge is not figuring out who did it, but understanding his motive. Appreciating the why of Cain’s behavior can keep us out of a lot of trouble. Isaac Asimov, The Robots of Dawn The third and best of his Lije Baley mysteries, set in Earth’s future, with mankind under threat. Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye Not everyone agrees that this is Chandler’s best, but he was never grittier, a…
Read more ›Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer
…re vibrant than any he’s known, and he has the opportunity and the task of figuring out if he wants to give it a try. In “Her Firstborn,” the impending birth of a baby unfolds against the aftermath of another child’s death. Loss is obviously a big theme for me, and in these stories my characters deal both with loss of the actual—divorce, the deaths of loved ones—and also loss of their dreams, by which I mean the stories they’ve told themselves abo…
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Jane Mendelsohn on Writing and Current Events: An Exclusive Q&A
…r at Harvard. My collaborators are fantastic and it’s been exciting to think about a whole new form of storytelling. I’m writing the book of the show and the lyrics. I started out writing poetry and because songs are essentially poems; it’s been a return, in a way, to a place where I began. I enjoy figuring out the logic and argument and architecture of each song, the voice of the character who’s singing it, what it needs to say within the story….
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Daydreaming and Other Writing Tips from Jo Baker
…w it works. First drafts aren’t great because they are first drafts. It’s fine if there are a few plot holes and spelling mistakes and placeholders and facts you haven’t checked yet. That means you wrote it with an energy and focus that didn’t allow for forty-five minutes on Google figuring out what they used for deodorant in the 1920s or what that other word was for “henchmen” (not “lackeys” or “minions,” the other one, begins with “a”). The magi…
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Media Center: ‘Dog Gone’ by Pauls Toutonghi
…shall is in college when he adopts Gonker, a golden retriever. Marshall is figuring out what he wants in life, has a troubled romantic interest, and is struggling with parental pressure to sort it all out. Gonker offers unconditional acceptance and is a lifeline for Marshall. When Gonker contracts Addison’s disease, which requires vital monthly medication, his prognosis looks good until he vanishes during a hike with Marshall along the Appalachian…
Read more ›A Sneak Peek at Madhur Jaffrey's New Cookbook
…e else and we still don’t have a Trader Joes in Denver. I didn’t feel like figuring out how to get the skin off an almond (I’m sure it involves boiling water and burnt fingers . . . ) so I needed to pick another meaty but not too highly flavored nut and the raw macadamia seemed like the obvious choice. I doubled the recipe in the book because 5 1/2 oz of these delicious nuts isn’t enough for 2 of my friends let alone 6-8! Here’s the doubled recipe…
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