Monkey Bicycle has been publishing If My Book essays for years. They’re often hilarious and touching, and I always read them with great interest. We authors find it hard to talk about our books. We feel unfit to write a synopsis of the work that took us years to create. Especially when that synopsis is meant to be printed on the back of the book and have strong commercial appeal. But James Tate Hill, the editor of Monkey Bicycle, and a brilliant writer in his own right, found a way to trick...
