Alexander Sorondo

Author Archive

  • Nov 26, 2025
    Alan Moore is 72 years old now. Since the 1980s, he’s been celebrated as the greatest writer in comics history. But he’s done with all that. Full-time novelist now....
  • Oct 13, 2025
    Review copies of Thomas Pynchon’s new novel, Shadow Ticket, were scarce and well protected. On the first page of each galley was a letter to the reviewer,...
  • Jul 9, 2025
    Mark Z. Danielewski started outlining his third novel in 2006 and these were its major characteristics: The novel would be 27 volumes long (the number is important). Each volume...
  • Mar 24, 2025
    A few years ago, the novelist William T. Vollmann was diagnosed with colon cancer. The prognosis wasn’t great but he went ahead with the treatment. A length of intestine drawn...