Vivien Shotwell’s debut novel Vienna Nocturne (Random House, 2014) has been praised by The Washington Post as “intoxicating,” and by Chatelaine as “an exquisite read.” Also a singer, Vivien received her Artist Diploma in opera performance from the Yale School of Music, where she was the recipient of the Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize. A dual Canadian-American citizen, and a graduate of Williams College and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Vivien lives in Halifax. Vienna Nocturne will be translated into ten languages. INTERVIEW with Vivien in Library Journal
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"He was always strumming on something -- his hat, his watch fob, the table, the chair, as if they were the keyboard." -- Constanze Mozart
Happy birthday to Mozart! Here's a poem by Richie Hofmann:
"Birthday"
Richie Hofmann
I look for words in the dark,
silently describing to myself
the particular conditions of the weather
on the morning I saw you most recently—
the wind, its patterned disarray—
my mind elsewhere, distracted, lyrical,
while the pianist plays an encore.
Mozart was born on this day
257 years ago. All day
I have been ungenerous, resentful,
impatient. In between
movements, no applause
but the old ladies cough loudly, violently.
We cannot last forever.
I loved music before I loved books.
I loved Mozart before I loved you.
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