I have just retired from several years of teaching creative writing. It seems a good moment to face that old question: has it all been a waste of time? Is it really possible to teach imaginative writing?
'"Hello Friend We Missed You", winner of this year’s Not the Booker prize, is recognisably alt-lit in style and sensibility, but with the benefit of added heart.'
'Wilder’s face abruptly hardened at my enquiry and all his geniality left him as he embarked on a bitter riff about what an appalling, ghastly person Monroe had been.'
William Boyd recalls meeting Billy Wilder in 1993.
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'"Hello Friend We Missed You", winner of this year’s Not the Booker prize, is recognisably alt-lit in style and sensibility, but with the benefit of added heart.'
Anthony Cummins on @RichOwainRobs's new novel.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/like-hell
'Wilder’s face abruptly hardened at my enquiry and all his geniality left him as he embarked on a bitter riff about what an appalling, ghastly person Monroe had been.'
William Boyd recalls meeting Billy Wilder in 1993.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/my-evening-with-marilyn
Lovely to be back in the Literary Review after a sabbatical: here are two new, fabulous books on America in the late 1970s. Highly recommended. https://literaryreview.co.uk/too-nice-to-be-president via @Lit_Review