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A writer in Brooklyn

Month: August 2013

The elementary school at Lyčkovo náměstí (1)

School at Lyčkovo náměstí, 1990 or 1991, photo Caleb Crain

A photograph from 1990 or 1991 of the elementary school at Lyčkovo náměstí, Prague.

If this image were included in an extra-illustrated binding of the novel Necessary Errors, the binder would be at liberty to position it pretty much anywhere. (For an explanation of extra-illustration, click here.)

Posted on 29 August 20137 August 2013Author Caleb CrainCategories architecture, extra illustrated, Necessary Errors, photography

The bridges that cross the Vltava

Bridges across the Vltava

A 1930s-era postcard, looking south from Letná, of the bridges across the Vltava. “V.K.K.V. 127.”

If this image were included in an extra-illustrated binding of the novel Necessary Errors, it might follow page 105. (For an explanation of extra-illustration, click here.)

Posted on 27 August 20137 August 2013Author Caleb CrainCategories extra illustrated, Necessary Errors, postcards, Prague3 Comments on The bridges that cross the Vltava

“All the anxieties and illusions and grand projects of one’s own youth”

James Wood has reviewed my novel in the 2 September 2013 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted on 26 August 201327 August 2013Author Caleb CrainCategories Necessary Errors, reviews2 Comments on “All the anxieties and illusions and grand projects of one’s own youth”

Another San Francisco radio interview

Also while I was in San Francisco last week, Liz Saint John interviewed me for Radio Alice, a CBS station.

Posted on 25 August 2013Author Caleb CrainCategories interviews, Necessary Errors, radio

The adventure of life

At the New Yorker’s Page-Turner blog, I’ve written a memoir of my Czech professor, Peter Kussi.

Posted on 23 August 201322 August 2013Author Caleb CrainCategories Czech history, Czech literature, obituaries, translation

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