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May 10, 2013
Powell’s Book Blog Posts St. John Mandel Essay
Emily St. John Mandel, the author of three novels, Last Night in Montreal, The Singer’s Gun, and The Lola Quartet has written an essay on what it’s like to be a working author. It has been posted on Powell’s Book Blog.
In the essay, Ms. Mandel talks about the world travels that being an accomplished author has brought…
Twenty hours later I’m on a packed subway train in the New York City rush hour, the silk gown rolled up in the overnight bag at my feet. I caught a morning flight out of Toronto, went directly from the airport to my day job because I’m out of vacation days — I am always out of vacation days, because of book touring — and spent a few hours filing packing slips and tinkering with financial spreadsheets and scheduling meetings for my boss. Was I just in Toronto? Did I really go to a fancy party in a foreign city last night? It seems like it might’ve been a dream.
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