Upstairs at the Strand : Writers in Conversation at the Legendary Bookstore

Based on a series of talks pairing writers of note, Upstairs at the Strand offers candid accounts of the ways leading writers work, think and live. The book features such celebrated novelists, playwrights and poets as Martin Amis, Paul Auster, Charles Simic, Patti Smith and Mark Strand, as well as contemporary stars such as Hilton Als and Tea Obreht.