Ellen Sussman is the editor of Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex, and Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave. She is the author of the novel, On a Night Like This, a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller.
I’m now reading Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and I’m awe-struck. This is exquisite writing and masterful story-telling. She creates a community of characters, all revolving around Olive in odd…