by Tania Moore | Oct 20, 2023 | Conversations, Events
This past February, in collaboration with Columbia Fiction Foundry, I hosted a panel discussion with agents from DeFiore & Company. This was an exciting opportunity to learn from industry experts Brian DeFiore, Miriam Altshuler, Caryn Karmatz Rudy, and Reiko...
by Tania Moore | Oct 2, 2023 | Bookshelf
THE ANNIVERSARY, by Stephanie Bishop, is a mesmerizing, challenging, subversive book that keeps the reader off balance until the very last page. The digressive passages go on too long, but the cumulative effect is powerful. Lucie is a successful novelist, married to...
by Tania Moore | Sep 2, 2022 | Bookshelf
ANIL’S GHOST, by Michael Ondaatje, is an ambitious, haunting mosaic of a novel. This is Ondaatje at his best, the story told through the alternating voices of enigmatic and deeply seen characters who reveal themselves in gorgeous, startling prose as the novel...
by Tania Moore | Apr 3, 2022 | Conversations, Writing
It took a long time to write a post about disappointment. It’s not a story I wanted to tell, but discouragement—and resilience—are part of a writer’s life. I hope that in sharing honestly my experience, I can shed light on an aspect of publishing that’s rarely spoken...
by Tania Moore | Jan 12, 2022 | Bookshelf
BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU, by Sally Rooney, entertains, perplexes, and made me think. Rooney has a fabulous ear for dialogue, and her precise details and a courageous vulnerability beneath the awkwardness drew me in as her characters navigate friendship and love....
