Book Lust with Nancy Pearl

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About Book Lust with Nancy Pearl

Seattle's own "action figure librarian," best-selling author, and literary critic Nancy Pearl sits down each month with authors, poets, and other literary figures for conversations about books, reading, and the process and art of writing. There's no one better qualified than Nancy, who brings an informed reader's perspective to lively conversation and in-depth dialogs about all things literary.

Nancy Pearl, author of the best-selling "Book Lust" series, creator of the internationally recognized program "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book" (which became "Seattle Reads"), and model for the world-famous Archee McPhee "Librarian Action Figure," is host of Book Lust with Nancy Pearl on the Seattle Channel.

Book Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Adam Haslett
Book Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Adam Haslett
7/11/201628:24

Nancy Pearl talks with award-winning author Adam Haslett about his new novel Imagine Me Gone, a fiercely intimate story of the toll of mental illness and a family facing the ultimate question: how far will we go to save the people we love the most? Haslett discusses his approach to writing, short stories verses novels, the benefits of a MFA and his life as a reader.

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