ann patchett

Arts
National

Ann Patchett finds bits of Catholicism and America appalling: 'But I am those things'

6:00am November 10, 2024

Ann Patchett is owning her shortcomings. On Wild Card this week, she opens up about religion and the place that shaped her as much as any person did.

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Irish poet William Butler Yeats circa 1920.

Arts

Opinion: Reading William Butler Yeats 100 Years Later

8:00am November 28, 2020

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what a 100 year-old poem by William Butler Yeats means today.

Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents, edited by Lise Funderberg

Books
Arts

In 'Apple, Tree,' Writers Touchingly Reflect On Their Parents With Humor And Love

1:11pm September 06, 2019

by Lily Meyer

In the new collection, Ann Patchett tells of her resemblance to her mother, Lizzie Skurnick and Mat Bergman offer thoughts on mothers with dementia, and John Freeman contemplates his father's legacy.