Annalisa Quinn
Annalisa Quinn is a contributing writer, reporter, and literary critic for NPR. She created NPR's Book News column and covers literature and culture for NPR.
Quinn studied English and Classics at Georgetown University and holds an M.Phil in Classical Greek from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Cambridge Trust scholar.
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Also: Edith Grossman on literary translation; a poem for James Foley.
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Also: Sheila Heti on making art; Nick Cannon enters the (already heavily populated) world of celebrity children's books.
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Also: the man who dug through John Updike's trash; a new biography of Robin Williams.
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Also: the case for a more inclusive literary culture; health care and the modern writer.
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Also: Leslie Jamison on a lonely whale; Ben Lerner on writing fiction.
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Also: Kobo will release a waterproof e-reader; new poems from Idra Novey and Marylen Grigas.
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Also: a lively defense of the font Comic Sans; Elissa Schappell on finding her muse.
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Also: an excerpt of Lena Dunham's new book; notable books of the week.
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Also: How to tell you're in a Balzac novel; Ernest Hemingway's letters.
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Also: Italian novelist Elena Ferrante gives a rare interview; the history of Arabic noir.