Ebook: Upstairs at the Strand: writers in conversation at the legendary bookstore

Introduction -- Deborah Eisenberg & George Saunders -- Hilton Als & Junot Diaz -- Rivka Galchen, Hari Kunzru, & Rachel Kushner -- Edward Albee & Paul Auster -- Tea Obreht & Charles Simic -- Alison Bechdel & Katie Roiphe -- Blake Bailey & D.T. Max -- Tina Chang & Tracy K. Smith -- Mark Strand & Charles Wright -- A.M. Homes & Leigh Newman -- Renata Adler & David Shields -- Wendy Lesser & Robert Pinsky.;Offering candid accounts of the ways writers work, think, and live, a book based on a series of talks pairing writers of note at a beloved New York bookstore features conversations with such authors as Patti Smith and Rivka Galchen.