Ten Quick Questions with… Elizabeth Strout

1. Your desert-island read:
It was not publication that ever made me feel like a writer. Publication only made other people think I was a writer. I always knew.
–conducted by Joshua Garstka
1. Your desert-island read:
It was not publication that ever made me feel like a writer. Publication only made other people think I was a writer. I always knew.
–conducted by Joshua Garstka
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The Literary Boroughs series will explore little-known and well-known literary communities across the country and world and show that while literary culture can exist online without regard to geographic location, it also continues to thrive locally. Posts are by no means exhaustive and we encourage our readers to contribute in the comment section. The series will run on our blog…
When I was making the switch last year from being an editor to being an agent, I heard from older agents that I was making a huge mistake. Advances are shrinking, they said. Midlist authors are going without contracts, and everybody is self-publishing. The whole industry is falling apart! One suggested I should find a…
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