Aug 31st, 2008 · Siri Hustvedt's new novel, The Sorrows of an American, begins one winter day when two adult children uncover a mysterious letter among their late father's papers. Hustvedt tells Jacki Lyden that the book draws from her own father's unpublished memoir.
Keywords: children · Americans · Secret · memoir · Jacki Lyden · mysteries · novel · adult · Sorrows · Siri Hustvedt · Hustvedt
Jul 24th, 2005 · Richard McCann's autobiographical novel Mother of Sorrows took 20 years to complete. The author tells Jacki Lyden how the book came to be.
Keywords: Jacki Lyden · novel · Richard · autobiographical · McCann · Elegy · Sorrows · Richard McCann · Mother of Sorrows
