“They’re two of the most decorated women in modern American letters: Elizabeth Strout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning maestro of Maine … and Ann Patchett, whose lauded catalog includes the best-sellers Bel Canto and Commonwealth.
But on a bright fall morning in New York, they were just two old friends catching up to talk about their latest works — Olive, Againand The Dutch House, respectively — what they’re reading, and why you won’t find them on Instagram.”
Leah Greenblatt, “Master Class: EW puts Ann Patchett and Elizabeth Strout in conversation,” Entertainment Weekly, October 15, 2019.