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Richard Powers
First Vollmann, now Powers. It seems the folks at the National Book Foundation and I are in sync these days. At last report, shortly after the ceremony closed up, the poor man was mobbed. For those who...
View ArticleAtwood Nails It
New York Review of Books: “So if [Richard Powers is] so good, why isn’t he better known? Let me put it another way —why haven’t his books won more medals? It’s as if juries have recognized the...
View ArticleNBA Audio
The BookExpoCast page has podcasts of the National Book Awards ceremony, including Richard Powers’ speech (beginning at around 31:42). (via The Written Nerd)
View ArticleRichard Powers on Fresh Air
I haven’t listened to it yet, but this should be interesting. (Thanks, Matthew!) Those who are having trouble with the feed (as I am) might want to try this link. [UPDATE: Listening to it now. Terry...
View ArticleNew Richard Powers Interview
In this month’s Believer (incidentally, the first issue to carry an advertisement, of which the editors write, “This is the first time we’re taking ads, and it will allow the magazine to continue to...
View Article“The Moving Finger”
I intended to get to this the other day, but there are reports of Richard Powers’ presentation of “The Moving Finger” (with John Leonard!) by Sarah and East Coast Ed.
View ArticleNew Richard Powers Novel Has Title and Release Date
FSG has recently announced a spate of titles for fall 2009. Among the bunch is Richard Power’s new novel, Generosity: An Enhancement, which is set for release in October. As soon as I determine any...
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Wooden Disposition
It is difficult to respond to James Wood’s remarkable misreading of Richard Powers’s Generosity without giving away the ending. As someone who respects a reader’s sense of discovery and who therefore...
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