Sarah Stodola is a writer and journalist who has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Nation, Daily Beast, and Awl, as well as Condé Nast Traveler and Slate, among others publications. She founded the literary journal Me Three and served as an adjunct scholar for Lapham’s Quarterly. She is currently the editorial director of Strolby.
“Fascinating...Stodola takes an intimate and well-researched look
inside the habits and traditions of 18 of your favorite
writers.” —Flavorwire
“[Sarah Stodola] spent the last few years researching, studying,
obsessing over the peculiar writing habits of artists ranging from
Didion to Hemingway, Rushdie to Morrison, Kafka to Wallace.” —Dig
Boston
“Completely devoured it ... really interesting stuff in short,
punchy chapters.” —A.C. Fuller, host of the Writer 2.0 Podcast
“[A] well—researched book that is affably written and
organized...Stodola has focused on the “horizontal and vertical,”
things that avid readers might find interesting, such as the
controlling “image” that guides Toni Morrison’s work or how much
time Ernest Hemingway really gave over to socializing. I was
reminded of peculiar trivia I had read years ago, but hadn’t fully
appreciated at the time: James Joyce’s early infatuation with
Henrik Ibsen, Philip Roth’s habit of writing hundreds of pages
before finding the first useable syllable.” —The Millions
“Feast on writerly habits, including Toni Morrison’s penchant for
No. 2 pencils, Junot Diaz’s stand-up writing style, and Joan
Didion’s self-reward: one drink each night after
work.” —Mental Floss
“Stodola’s approach to Franz and Toni and Margaret and Virginia is
accessible and welcoming.” —Entropy Magazine
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