CinemaDiscourse in ProgressGuest WriterThe Latest January 31, 2013 The Problem with Aesthetic Violence On Disney, David Lynch, and Django Unchained by Eric G. Wilson In the weeks after… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1
On WritingThe Latest January 17, 2013 My Life in Six Drawers by Sara Wheeler The happiest moment of my life presented itself one cool February afternoon… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
My LibraryThe Latest December 19, 2012 Sean McDonald Recommends… Obviously, the best novel of the year is Ellen Ullman's By Blood, the best nonfiction… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
Book RecommendationsMy LibraryOn WritingThe Latest December 19, 2012 FSG’s Favorite Books of 2012 by Sarah Scire Picking favorites is almost always tricky business. For the staff of FSG,… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
On WritingThe Latest December 13, 2012 The Handwriting of FSG by Philip Hensher and Stephen Weil Philip Hensher’s charming and informative new book, The Missing… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
ExcerptsOn WritersOn WritingThe LatestTranslation December 13, 2012 Between the Abyss and Misfortune Prologue to Woes of the True Policeman by Juan Antonio Masoliver Ródenas Translated by Natasha… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
On WritersThe Latest December 6, 2012 Leonard Marcus on Madeleine L’Engle On Thursday, Nov. 29, which would have been Madeleine L’Engle’s 94th birthday, the Diocesan House… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
AdviceOn WritingThe Latest December 6, 2012 The Joy of Burning Down the House by Ben Schrank Writing a novel should be fun. At the beginning, meander. Don’t be… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1
AdviceCinemaOn WritingThe Latest November 29, 2012 How to Publish a Movie Tie-In Edition in Five Easy Steps (Steps In Reverse Order) by Matthew Quick Step 5 - You are going to need… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
In ConversationThe Latest November 15, 2012 “What’s the worst that could happen?”: Oliver Burkeman on Embracing Negativity and Uncertainty by Sarah Scire Oliver Burkeman wants you to stop trying to be happy. In his… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
On WritingThe Latest November 8, 2012 Technology and the Bibliophile by Robin Sloan When Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore was released, the New York Times ran… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
In ConversationOn WritingThe LatestTranslation October 11, 2012 Getting it Right: Rosalind Harvey on Translation by Iza Wojciechowska and Rosalind Harvey “Some people say I’m precocious,” begins Juan Pablo Villalobos’… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1
On WritingThe Latest October 5, 2012 Writing the Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith It was the winter of 2005 and I had been invited to… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
In the ArchivesThe Latest October 4, 2012 The Best Book in the FSG Backlist by Dan Piepenbring Three years ago, I was browsing a used bookstore in West Saugerties,… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
Discourse in ProgressIn ConversationOn WritingThe Latest September 27, 2012 The Art of Political Biography Earlier this month, FSG published two books on twentieth-century American political figures: William H. Chafe’s… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
Discourse in ProgressOn WritingThe Latest September 19, 2012 How a History Book is Born This week, Hill and Wang, an imprint of FSG specializing in books on American history,… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
In ConversationMusicOn WritingThe Latest September 19, 2012 Reinventing Bach: On Writing, Music, and Technology by Iza Wojciechowska Whether or not you’ve known it, or whether or not you’ve wanted… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
In ConversationOn WritingThe Latest September 13, 2012 Ammo and Amore: A Conversation About Love Bomb Lisa Zeidner, the author of Love Bomb, directs the MFA program in Creative Writing at… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1
Guest WriterIn MemoriamThe Latest August 23, 2012 Remembering Phyllis Diller By Yael Kohen Before I was led into the receiving room of Phyllis Diller’s 10,000-square-foot,… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0
In ConversationOn WritingThe Latest July 19, 2012 Justin Taylor interviews Elissa Schappell Elissa Schappell, whose Blueprints for Building Better Girls is out in paperback this month, talks… Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0