http://www.ninasiegal.com Writer Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:30:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   What Contemporary Literature Can Learn from 98 Years and 980 Bestsellers Or… Why Jonathan Franzen, Ben Marcus, and Michael Chabon Should Stop Arguing About “Contemporary, Quotidian, Plotless, Moment-of-Truth Revelatory” Fiction And Encourage Great Writing in All Genres Every weekend, I glance at The New York Times Best Seller ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=76 Recently I found the text of an interview I did a few years ago with American short story writer, novelist and satirist George Saunders. I was writing an article for The Progressive magazine about the "political" nature of his work, our conversation, by email, ended up covering lots of other ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=70 I'm very honored to announce that I've recently become the founding editor of Time Out Amsterdam, which launched on September 25. I had no time to write about it in my blog this summer because I got hired in July and had to put a team together and create the ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=68 'A Little Trouble with the Facts' is now available in French. That's: 'Une petite entorse à la vérité.' So much better than the Dutch title. And a nice cover, too. Check it out from Marabout.  http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=73 A fun photo shoot: This month, Esta magazine in Holland is running a five-page spread featuring new women authors who write in a noir style. We all had to "become" our characters for a day, choose a scene from the novel, and play the role of our protagonist. It was ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=67 Strangely, I ran across an essay I wrote for my MFA final paper at Iowa, posted on the Internet by someone who claims to be Nina Siegal, but who is not me. It was nice to see it there -- frankly, I'd forgotten all about it -- and in some ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=64 Hey, what are you going to do -- it's a different language. Stuff falls through the cracks. The Dutch version of my novel, which strangely has an English title -- but not my title -- is about to be published in Holland. They're calling it Up & Down, which makes no ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=62 The bloggers are reporting back on A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE FACTS. Here are some reviews we've found online: Nanners and Noodles notes, "I may have stumbled upon a gem of a book with A Little Trouble With The Facts by Nina Siegal." She goes on to quote from the Publishers' ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=61 Amsterdam's American Book Center is celebrating the fact that AMSTERDAM has been named 2008 World Book Capital. To inaugurate the year of book-related events, on April 23, authors will read all over the city of Amsterdam from 7.00 in the morning till 19.00 to celebrate World Book Day and the opening ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=58 My brother took this photo of the fiction section at Borders in New York. The two weeks of readings is up and I have to say I'm glad, at least I don't have to overcome stage-fright on a daily basis for a while, which is nice. Back to my ... http://www.ninasiegal.com/?p=49