Ann Patchett

One last question for this season’s CLSC authors

by Ryan Pait on August 25, 2017

This is my fourth summer covering the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle for The Chautauquan Daily. Each summer I’ve been here, I’ve asked all the authors I talk to over the course of the season

Authors Jane Hamilton and Ann Patchett to talk food, families with shared CLSC presentation

by Ryan Pait on August 23, 2017

Ann Patchett and Jane Hamilton have put their heads together and figured out exactly why they’ve been invited to Chautauqua.

Commentary: The divergent family stories of Jane Hamilton’s ‘The Excellent Lombards’ and Ann Patchett’s ‘Commonwealth’

by Ryan Pait on August 23, 2017

Jane Hamilton’s The Excellent Lombards and Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth both begin with mundane events that quickly take on biblical proportions.

In an age of excess, Michael Ruhlman and Ann Patchett talk quality foods and quality lives

by Brian Contreras on August 22, 2017

When Michael Ruhlman and Ann Patchett sat down to talk about food, they had a lot of ground to cover.

Authors Michael Ruhlman and Ann Patchett to talk why food matters

by Ryan Pait on August 21, 2017

Michael Ruhlman, author of more than 20 books about food, once wanted to be known for something else. “After I

CLSC offers vertical theme of “Community” for 2017 selections

by Ryan Pait on June 24, 2017

In 1964, Joan Didion bemoaned the state of the Hollywood film industry in her essay “I Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind.” Frustrated by the cacophony of voices and visions in motion pictures,

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