Colm Toibin’s Notebook

Here’s a notebook belonging to the Irish writer Colm Toibin, whose latest novel, “Brooklyn,” has just been published:

He wrote “Brooklyn” while teaching at Stanford, and this spring, in little more than a month, he turned out two book reviews and a 10,000-word short story, the first thing he has written on a computer. He usually writes longhand with disposable fountain pens, not that it slows him down. He is the author of six novels, one play, three travel books, a short-story collection and two books with photographers. He has edited a few anthologies, including the Penguin Book of Irish Fiction. Just for fun, he’s also the art critic for British Esquire.

From the New York Times Magazine profile by Alex Witchel, published May 2, 2009

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