Elizabeth Mccracken's Reading List

The author, most recently, of the novel "Bowlaway" prefers physical books for the sense of accomplishment: "I like to hold the chunk of remaining book as I read; I like to feel it diminish."

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By the Book: Elizabeth Mccracken (2019)

NYT By the Book column (2019-01-24).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Word Pretty

Elisa Gabbert · Buy on Amazon

"I love Gabbert's sentences, whether in poetry or prose, and also the beauty of her ideas."

The Library Book

Susan Orlean · Buy on Amazon

"Susan Orlean's "The Library Book" is full of fascinating facts."

Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf

Catherine Storr · Buy on Amazon

"The Wolf in Catherine Storr's "Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf" is a spectacular character. Every time I reread it I'm struck by how dear and awful and filled with carnal longing he is. New York Review Books reprinted all the Polly and the Wolf stories recently; my children love them."

Breath, Eyes, Memory

Edwidge Danticat · Buy on Amazon

"Somebody returned "Breath, Eyes, Memory," it looked good, I read it and discovered the work of one of the great writers of the world by mere happenstance."

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