The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers

Maybe about a year back, McSweeney's launched its Believer Books imprint. Initially, Believer Books repurposed items originally printer in The Believer into slim volumes, like that Hornby book, but recently the imprint has shown signs of coming up with some interesting, original material. There was Houellebecq's book on H.P. Lovecraft, and now Believer Books has published The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers. The interviews have been the one thing I've generally appreciated about The Believer, and this book is roughly 2/3 repurposed, 1/3 unpublished. Aside from Sean Wilsey's banal interview with Haruki Murakami, the pieces presented here tend to be thoughtful and probing discussions with authors I'm interested in. There's Tom Stoppard, Paul Auster, Ian McEwen, Zadie Smith, John Banville, Jonathan Lethem, and several others. If you're a fan of interviews, it's probably worth your time.

Comments

[Robert Ellis]

This is an excellent book. Some of my favorite authors are represented here (Auster, Murakami), but I haven't even read those interviews yet. I started in on some of the writers I didn't know and I've really been enjoying them. Quotable. Well worth it, I think.

[patry Francis]

I haven't read them all yet either, but the Auster interview is especially good. And extremely quotable.