Tag Archives: John Green

“I don’t think you’re dying, ” I said. “I think you’ve just got a touch of cancer.”

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Kate Stover

What’s the hardest book to write successfully? For me, it would be a novel about teenagers who have cancer, fall in love, and then die. The challenges include: creating a page-turner (even though the readers know how it will end), … Continue reading →

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“When people write reviews, they are really writing a kind of memoir – here’s what my experience was eating at this restaurant or getting my hair cut at this barbershop.”

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Kate Stover

Is this book a memoir? The title – The Anthropocene Reviewed and the subtitle Essays on a Human-Centered Planet — offer no clues. However, in the introduction, the author says that he wants to tell us stories about his life … Continue reading →

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