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Unlike Faulkner, the "Imperfect Birds" author doesn't believe you should be willing to run over your grandmother for the sake of a great novel.
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Anne Lamott embraces her reputation as a popular novelist, but admits that she sometimes gets caught up in the pretentious side of her profession.
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Anne Lamott used to seek inspiration in "drugs, alcohol, and poetry." But writing her novels has always been more like arduous manual labor than an ecstatic high.
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott is is the author of the New York Times bestsellers "Grace (Eventually)," "Plan B," "Traveling Mercies," and "Operating Instructions"; the popular writing guide "Bird by Bird"; and several novels, including "Rosie" and "Crooked Little Heart." Her most recent novel, "Imperfect Birds," was published by Riverhead Books in 2010. A past recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives in Northern California.
