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Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel <em>Bel Canto</em> Twenty Years Later

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...”

By Ann Patchett | November 11, 2024

Ann Patchett on Oscar Hijuelos' Lush, Elegiac Novel Full of Music and Sex

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"Bless the novels that provide accounts of the world that came before."

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Ann Patchett on Creating the Work Space You Need

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Ann Patchett Discusses Her New Novel, <em>The Dutch House</em>

Ann Patchett Discusses Her New Novel, The Dutch House

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By Ann Patchett | September 23, 2019

Children's Books Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Backstory

Children's Books Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Backstory

Ann Patchett on Learning Some Unlikely Lessons

By Ann Patchett | October 1, 2018

He Holds Up a Lantern for the Rest of Us: Ann Patchett on Donald Hall

He Holds Up a Lantern for the Rest of Us: Ann Patchett on Donald Hall

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By Ann Patchett | June 25, 2018

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