Roland Merullo and Books with a Powerful Sense of Place (E22)
Today’s guest is the award-winning author, Roland Merullo. Roland is the author of 24 books including 17 works of fiction: Breakfast with Buddha, a nominee for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, is now in is 20th printing; The Talk-Funny Girl, a 2012 ALEX Award Winner and named a “Must Read” by Massachusetts Library Association and Massachusetts Center for the Book; Vatican Waltz named one of the Best Books of 2013 by Publishers Weekly; Lunch with Buddha selected as one of the Best Books of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews; American Savior, a 2008 Massachusetts Center for the Book, “Honor Award” winner; Revere Beach Boulevard named one of the “Top 100 Essential Books of New England” by the Boston Globe; A Little Love Story chose as one of “Ten Wonderful Romance Novels” by Good Housekeeping and Revere Beach Elegy winner of the Massachusetts Book Award for nonfiction.
You can also pre-order his next book now, Dessert with Buddha, set to be released on May 18th, 2023. You can find more information about pre-ordering his next book or signing up for his newsletter HERE. You can also find his Facebook page HERE.
In today’s episode, he shares with us about his travels and life experiences and how that has shaped who he is as a writer. He shares his writing process and how it has changed over the years. Tune in today to hear Roland’s book recommendations from his book flight of books that provide a powerful sense of place. I am honored to have interviewed Roland for today’s episode, he is a true master of his craft. Happy listening!
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Show Notes
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Books and authors mentioned in the episode:
From Here to Eternity by James Jones
A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee and Walker Evans
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dosteovsky
The Leopard by Guiseppe de Lampedusa
Book Flight
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi
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