Bo Smith asked Lark Benobi:

Lark, just finished CHOUETTE after learning of you through recent raves for POOR DEAR. Both thrilled me. What gifts you're given lovers of the stunningly original, soaringly imaginative prose. Love also your providing the music list at the end of CHOUETTE. Eager now to check out Lark's recs. So happy when success comes to one of a kind artists. ?

Lark Benobi Dear Bo,

Thanks for this lovely message!

Fiction is so mysterious, how it works, how it communicates. Thanks for letting me know.

lark/claire

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Ricki Brodie asked Lark Benobi:

This quote appeared in NYT today for mild vertigo “Kanai leaves it up to the reader to decide whether to judge Natsumi ... or celebrate her as a quiet success: content to lead the life she’s been dealt, however mildly vertiginous it might be.” From Claire Oshetsky’s review Didn’t know if you saw it?

Michael Salmon asked Lark Benobi:

Hi Lark, Michael Salmon wants to send you an email, after reading about Chouette in The NY Times Book Review yesterday afternoon. 40 years. from Kanagawa-ken. Why am I not surprised that you wrote this book?

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