Ann Beattie

Ann Beattie! Mysterious Korean SF! Colin Channer! 26 books out in paperback this July.

 
By Gabrielle Bellot  June 28, 2024
New Books Tuesdays

24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot  July 18, 2023
Close Readings

The World Is Too Much With Us: Ann Beattie Close-Reads Frederick Barthelme’s “Box Step”

By Ann Beattie  June 15, 2023
Fiction/Non/Fiction

More to Say: Ann Beattie on Her New Collection of Essays, Donald Barthelme, and the Chinese Spy Balloon

By Fiction Non Fiction  March 2, 2023
Close Reading

Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon

By Ann Beattie  February 13, 2023
The Writers Institute

Jonathan Lethem on Discovering “Worlds Within the World”

By The Writers Institute  October 4, 2022
Cooking

Fear Not. Have Fun: Ann Beattie on Lessons in Cooking and Life from James Haller

By Ann Beattie  September 7, 2022
The Hub

The week’s best book drama is happening in the Times letters to the editor.

By Jessie Gaynor  May 21, 2021
Historical Fiction

Carol Edgarian and Ann Beattie Talk Complex Characters and Literary Inspirations

By Ann Beattie  March 2, 2021
Book Tours

Ann Beattie: What to Eat When Your Book Tour Comes to an End

By Ann Beattie  May 22, 2019
Excerpts

A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 4, 2019
Feature

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2019

By Emily Temple  December 28, 2018
Criticism

The Masters of Mining Adolescent Experience in Fiction

By Nicole Rivas  October 19, 2018
Short story writers

The Most Anthologized Short Stories of All Time

By Emily Temple  July 6, 2017
Essay

Contemplating the Infinite with Annie Dillard

By John Freeman  March 10, 2016
Excerpts

“The Fledgling”

By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 24, 2015
What to Read

Five Books Making News This Week

By Jane Ciabattari  August 11, 2015
Deep Dive

In Defense of the Present Tense

By Alexander Chee  August 5, 2015
In Memoriam

Remembering Robert Stone: Ann Beattie

By Ann Beattie  July 24, 2015

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