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An introduction to my work. Hello, Cleveland!

A conversation with James Shapiro, Shakespeare scholar and author of The Year of Lear.

A lecture I gave on Shakespeare, writing, and authorship.

Traveling to Stratford and the Globe Theatre in London.

The New York Times Book Review podcast interview.

A love letter to a favorite band.

Pen Parentis: resources for authors who are also parents.

The Reading Experience: Great essays on reading

Identitytheory.com: Great author interviews (including a an old interview with Arthur Phillips.)

An interview with Publisher's Weekly.

An interview with the great singer Mike Mattison.

Mark Sarvas (of the late Elegant Variation) and Arthur discuss Sandor Marai, Gyula Krudy, and a little Coetzee.

The author reading from his story "Wenceslas Square" on This American Life.

What was the author's mother up to? Synagogue Restoration

SOME BOOKS I'D RECOMMEND

The Gift of Valor – My brother wrote it, but this isn’t nepotism. His book is an absolute classic of war journalism. Whatever your views about the Iraq war, this book will make you feel what it’s like to fight in it. It’s the extraordinary story of Medal of Honor winner, US Marine Corporal Jason Dunham, but it’s also about what it means to fight, sacrifice, and die in war.

I’ve blurbed the following books, and I always mean it.

These are all great contemporary novels:

An Evening of Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray

Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel

Tearjerker by Daniel Hayes

Last One In by Nick Kulish

Serena by Ron Rash

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson

A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer DuBois

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Facades by Eric Lundgren

A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman