S E L E C T E D P R I N T
Carol Edgarian and Ann Beattie Talk Complex Characters and Literary Inspirations
A conversation on craft with the author of Vera. Lit Hub.
A Greater Catastrophe in Carol Edgarian’s ‘Vera’
A review of Edgarian’s Vera, “a work to be cherished for what it uncovers in the pages and, possibly, the heart of the reader.” Los Angeles Review of Books.
‘Vera’ a captivating story of the heart set in earthquake-wrecked San Francisco
On Edgarian’s “masterful job of placing the reader in an authentic landscape, a time and era of a young West Coast city coming into its own.” Post and Courier.
With ‘Vera,’ Carol Edgarian transports readers to a darker age of San Francisco
On writing and researching Vera. San Francisco Chronicle: Datebook.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
A review of Edgarian’s “Vera—sparkling with luxuriance and offering hope in the midst of devastation.” Alta.
Bay City News Foundation Reviews VERA and Interviews Carol
“Local novelist re-creates the 1906 earthquake and fire with so much realism, you’ll think you were there.” Local News Matters.
Bay Area Authors Recommend Empowering Books by Women
Edgarian writes about Toni Morrison’s Sula. San Francisco Chronicle: Datebook.
PEN Interview with Carol
On obsession, purpose, and politics. PEN USA.
Narrative 10
Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks muse on writing and working together after fifteen years of Narrative.
Carol Edgarian on Her Most Treasured Book
A reflection on the poetry of W.B. Yeats. SFGate.
Narrative Celebrates 15 Years
Founders Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks celebrate the anniversary of Narrative magazine with writers Tobias Wolff, George Saunders, and more artists. San Francisco Chronicle.
Carol Edgarian Writes a Marriage
A meditation on midlife and love. SFGate.
Review of Three Stages of Amazement, New York Times
A review of Edgarian’s “fearless capacity for surgical precision” in Three Stages of Amazement. New York Times.
Michael Krasny interviews Carol on NPR’s Forum
On writing Three Stages of Amazement, a “page-turner of the heart.” KQED Public Radio.
Narrative Gives Life to Literature
On the founding of Narrative. SFGate.
