Yann Martel is a dream interview, and a fun, unpretentious guy. Right before his big Baron Lecture with at least 1,100 people in attendance his feet, pointed together like a little boy too anxious to be up and about captured his spirit perfectly.
Then, when the introductory speaker misspoke & said Life of Pi was his […]
My (New) Friend Yann
Edward P. Jones (and a little Chabon)
Okay, I’m exhausted from a day without breaks. They added “Festival Circles” during dinner, which means small (pre-registered) groups meet on a specific topic (mine is short story), so it was worthwhile, but prevented breaks.
Highlights were the Edward P. Jones (The Known World) interview and Michael Chabon’s lecture on “Imaginary Homelands.” (Both have won the […]
