![]() Raphael has a tremendous gift for casual depth-beautifully articulating profound feelings and funny moments with effortless but deliberate elegance-that leaves the reader happily illuminated and even feeling confided in, like you've just had a cocktail with your wisest, warmest friend and silently remembered why you're so smitten. "Lev Raphael's collection of essays on his twin passions - reading and writing - will curl the toes of bibliophiles everywhere. ![]() Join him in Book Lust! for a highly entertaining conversation about books, authors, and the book lover's life. Raphael has been a published and prize-winning author for three decades his fiction and essays have been taught at universities around the country he's done hundreds of invited talks and readings on three different continents at venues from Oxford University to The Library of Congress and he had his own radio book show where he interviewed Salman Rushdie, Erica Jong, Julian Barnes and many other authors. He's reviewed for two decades on-line, on-air and in print has published hundreds of essays, stories, reviews and blogs and has also authored twenty-one books in genres from memoir to mystery. Provocative and revealing, Book Lust! offers Raphael's unique take on books, literary translation, authorship, touring, and much more. Whether writing about memoirs, Shakespeare Denial, or some puzzling fans of his, in Book Lust! Raphael displays his trademark wit and erudition. Lev Raphael brings together his best essays, reviews, and reflections on the writing life from the literary magazine Bibliobuffet. ![]()
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