The Possessed

Isaac Fitzgerald bio ↓  ·  March 10th, 2010  ·  filed under books

“I originally wanted to turn this material into a novel or fictionalized stories, but no one was enthusiastic about this, not even my wonderful editor. Publishing it as nonfiction, I stand by it, but it wasn’t my original decision and I’m not completely sure how I feel about it….”

The Wall Street Journal talks with Elif Batuman about her debut book: The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them.

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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals by the age of 25. He has also written for AlterNet, The Bold Italic, McSweeney's, and Mother Jones. He is the managing editor of The Rumpus. Follow him on Twitter. More from this author →

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