by Mary | May 11, 2011 | DOC, DREAMERS OF THE DAY
While researching Dreamers of the Day, I came across a remark by T.E. Lawrence lamenting the fact that his fame was like a tin can tied to his tail. No matter how fast or far he ran, reporters and his reputation always caught up with him. “They’ll rattle...
by Mary | May 4, 2011 | DOC
My own mother wouldn’t have liked the book as much as Ron Charles. You can read his review for the Washington Post in its glorious entirety, but here are the parts I might have tattooed on my arm: Washington Post Ron Charles reviews ‘Doc’ by Mary Doria Russell...
by Mary | May 2, 2011 | DOC
Thus wrote Ezra Pound to his parents, urging them to bang the drum for his new poetry collection among their friends and acquaintances. If I were willing to get a tattoo like everyone else, that’s the phrase I’d have inked onto my arm. Instead, I will...
by Mary | Apr 13, 2011 | DOC
This morning a reader sent me a note saying, “I read the electronic versions of your books and I have an appeal to make to you: could you tell your publisher that there is no reason to price the e-book version $3 more than the paperback?” I couldn’t...
by Mary | Apr 5, 2011 | DOC, THE SPARROW
In her wonderful book on writing, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott describes the undramatic way that a new book comes into the world. When her first book was published, she recalls, she expected her publisher to arrange for a Blue Angels fly-by over her house, or at least...
by Mary | Feb 18, 2011 | DOC
And it’s grand, but first let me tell you about my initial encounter with Kirkus Reviews. In the spring of 1996, when The Sparrow was getting close to publication, I got an email from Brian McLendon, who was the publicist for the book. “Mary,” it...
