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Tag Archives: the Days of Yore
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley is the owner of many horses and the author of many books, including A Thousand Acres, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award in 1992. She is a member of the American Academy … Continue reading
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Tagged A Thousand Acres, interview, Jane Smiley, Kassi Underwood, the Days of Yore, writer interview
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor at The Atlantic and writes an immensely popular blog which was included on TIME Magazine‘s list of Best Blogs of 2011, with the motivation, “Like many of the world’s best bloggers Atlantic senior editor … Continue reading
Benjamin Anastas
Benjamin Anastas is a writer whose work reminds us all to keep it real. He published two novels, An Underachiever’s Diary (1998), recently re-released in paperback by the Dial Press, and The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor’s Disappearance: A Novel … Continue reading
Idra Novey
Idra Novey is a poet and translator whose exuberance is as apparent on the page as it is in person. She has published two poetry collections, The Next Country, which was a finalist for the Foreward Book of the Year … Continue reading
t h e h i t l i s t
We did it. We survived 2012, with its apocalyptic predictions and tragic realities. 2013 is either a magical year or a jinxed year, depending on your inclinations for superstition. Or else it’s just a year, like any other. But particulars … Continue reading
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Tagged best of, hit list, interviews, the best interviews, the Days of Yore
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D.T. Max
D.T. Max is the author of The Family That Couldn’t Sleep: A Medical Mystery and the bestseller Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace. Max is a staff writer for The New Yorker and … Continue reading
t u r k e y a n d t h a n k s
In honor of Thanksgiving last year we published a compilation of some of the very best advice that had been printed on these virtual pages. Now we are featuring a repeat-performance. Last year you got the advice pre-Turkey; this time … Continue reading
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Tagged compilation, interviews, thanksgiving, the Days of Yore, writer interviews, writers
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h a l l o w e e n w e e k
Boo! It’s Halloween week, and that means it’s time for us to look back at some scary moments in DoY history. Or, rather, in the history of our interviewees. Alright, there are (mostly) no knives or bloody gore in here. … Continue reading
n e w b e g i n n i n g s
It is April and spring is definitely upon us. As the snow melts and the crocuses poke through the hard dirt, as the outdoor cafés open and you bring your tupperware lunch outside to a bench, as you – daringly … Continue reading
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Tagged Astri von Arbin Ahlander, compilation, new beginnings, spring, the Days of Yore
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t h a n k s g i v i n g
Happy Thanksgiving! Since The Days of Yore began in May 2010, we have published seventy-five interviews with writers, artists, directors, performers…you name it. Seventy-five. That is something to be darn thankful for. And we certainly are. We are so thankful … Continue reading