Writing With One Eye Squinting at Doom
A conversation with Nancy Lemann on releasing her first novel in twenty years—and why she never stopped writing
Nancy Lemann’s forthcoming novel, The Oyster Diaries (New York Review Books, 2026) is her first publication in over twenty years—and not for lack of trying. Despite the enduring appeal of her first two books—both set in New Orleans—The Lives of the Saints (1985) and The Ritz of the Bayou (1985), ...
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