Upstairs at the Strand: Writers in Conversation at the Legendary Bookstore - Softcover

A celebratory literary salute to the Strand's vitality. Favorite authors--very few found on bestseller lists--are a common refrain, and the contributors cite a wide variety of work from a diverse selection of essayists, poets, dramatists, memoirists, novelists, and graphic novelists . . . [and] touch on psychotherapy, imagination, and inspiration, as well as techniques, work habits, gender, and race. Fascinating. . . . This assortment of literary interviews brings together the voices of some our best writers and leaves the reader wanting more.

Based on a series of talks pairing writers of note, Upstairs at the Strand offers candid accounts of the ways leading writers work, think and live. The book features such celebrated novelists, playwrights and poets as Martin Amis, Paul Auster, Charles Simic, Patti Smith and Mark Strand, as well as contemporary stars such as Hilton Als and Tea Obreht.