Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel Bel Canto Twenty Years Later
“Through annotation, I saw patterns in the book I’d scarcely been aware of...”
November 11, 2024
By Ann Patchett
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Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett is the author of novels, works of nonfiction, and children's books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women's Prize in the U.K., and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. TIME magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.
Ann Patchett on Oscar Hijuelos’ Lush, Elegiac Novel Full of Music and Sex
"Bless the novels that provide accounts of the world that came before."
October 9, 2023
By Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett on Creating the Work Space You Need
The Author of These Precious Days on Navigating the Limitations of the Writing Life
November 23, 2021
By Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett Discusses Her New Novel, The Dutch House
In Conversation with Author Mary Laura Philpott
September 23, 2019
By Ann Patchett
Children’s Books Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Backstory
Ann Patchett on Learning Some Unlikely Lessons
October 1, 2018
By Ann Patchett
He Holds Up a Lantern for the Rest of Us: Ann Patchett on Donald Hall
Remembering the Late, Great Poet, 1928 - 2018
June 25, 2018
By Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett Considers the Back List of Six Big Fall Writers
Oldies But Goodies from Jesmyn Ward, Jennifer Egan, Nathan Englander and More
August 24, 2017
By Ann Patchett
The Bookstore Fights Back
Ann Patchett on the Birth of Parnassus Books
April 7, 2016
By Ann Patchett
