John Irving talks about Captain Cook, the history of tattooing, and where to put your favorite sentence when you’re writing a novel. He reads from Until I Find You, and explains how not knowing his biological father shaped his life as a writer.
Mark Helprin writes books with an adventurous spirit and great historical sweep. Not surprising for a guy who’s held jobs as a surveyor, Israeli infantryman, and speechwriter for Bob Dole. Helprin talks to Kurt about his new book Freddy and Fredericka, a comic novel about British Royals who’ve been sent incognito to America to clean […]