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Book excerpt: "The Last Chairlift" by John Irving
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe acclaimed author's first novel in seven years tells the story of a writer's search for answers about his family's past, and of the Aspen, Colorado,...
In return to Iowa City, author John Irving says he's still writing
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOne of the defining voices in American literature, John Irving, recalled his deep Iowa City ties...
Have mercy: From John Irving to John Stamos, library series offers online author talks
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSome journalists wait a lifetime to work the names John Irving and John Stamos into the same...
Review: John Irving writes long tale 'The Last Chairlift'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter 54 years and 15 novels, John Irving’s finally done it. Every Irving fan will read it and even...
Most Addictive Reads of All Time
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Most Addictive Reads of All TimeHearst Owned Here it is —the ultimate reading list for book mavens. These are the pages we could not stop turning –...
The 4 Rules of a Book Group That Can Survive the Apocalypse
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe 4 Rules of a Book ClubSENEZ/Getty Images On Monday, March 18, 2013, a cold, sleeting late-winter...
Books of the Month: From George Saunders’ Liberation Day to Alan Rickman’s diaries
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1968, my late mother opened The Bloomsbury Bookshop in London’s Great Ormond Street, and I grew...
10 books to add to your reading list in October
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBethanne Patrick's October highlights include the biographies of Bob Dylan and Samuel Adams, new fiction from John Irving and Celeste Ng and plenty more.
John Irving, who warned you about Roe vs. Wade, hopes to die at his desk
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen I was 20, I went to Amsterdam and got entirely too high. Bumbling around a hostel lobby I picked up, almost at random, a paperback copy of John Irving’s 1998 novel “A Widow for One Year ...
From Hancher's new Infinite Dream Festival to the Refocus Film Festival, there is plenty to do in...
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIowa City offers a weekend of cultural delights, celebrating the arts with multiple festivals, from...