Episode 8 of LFTRR Explains the “First Page Test”
James J. Patterson is the reluctant scholar and on this (the eighth!) episode of Live from the Reading Room, he reads the from his essay of the same name. He also reads from books that have passed his "First Page Test" including "Night Train to Lisbon" by Pascal Mercier, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Muse" by Jessie Burton, "The Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller, and "Confessions" by Jean-Jaques Rousseau.
An Interview with Mark A. Pritchard
Billy Christmas author, Mark A. Pritchard talks extensively about his writing process and the themes of his book in this ASP interview.
Notes from the Personal Journal of James J. Patterson (On Joanna Biggar)
Through old journal entries, ASP co-founder James J. Patterson describes his experience taking a class under author Joanna Biggar.
Escaping the Fat Man by Joanna Biggar
In this essay, Joanna Biggar details her and her companion’s jailing at the hands of a corrupt local leader in Gao, Mali.