Author and indie bookstore owner Ann Patchett joined the L.A. Times Book Club Dec. 9 to discuss “The Precious Days,” her bestselling new essay collection. In “These Precious Days,” her second essay ...

“Through these essays, I could watch myself grappling with the same themes in my writing and in my life: what I needed, whom I loved, what I could let go, and how much energy the letting go would take ...

Nashville writer Ann Patchett’s second volume of essays, These Precious Days, is a grab bag of personable pieces drawn from Patchett’s life, infused with a perspective that is both down-to-earth and ...

Three bestselling novelists and a beloved essayist will engage with Twin Cities readers in this fall's Talking Volumes series. The 24th season of Talking Volumes is presented by the Star Tribune and ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

It took decades for Virginia Evans to finally publish her debut novel. Now, the book Ann Patchett deemed "a unicorn" has ...

It tells the story of a group of strangers taken hostage somewhere in Latin America. It's lyrical and heartbreaking and it has been adapted into an opera and a movie. Overall, it's been a massively ...

Ann Patchett is owning her shortcomings. On Wild Card this week, she opens up about religion and the place that shaped her as much as any person did. Ann Patchett finds bits of Catholicism and America ...