Archive for: September, 2011
September 30, 2011
Happy Birthday, Megan!
Being the narcissist that I am, most people know I enjoy nothing more than talking about myself. I like to discuss my weird violent bug dreams, the $9.00 organic boxed wine sold …
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September 29, 2011
Holla for Challah! Rosh Hashanah Recipe
Baking has always been a family activity. Now that we’re grown and live all over the country, recipes are shared across e-mail, dinner ideas through text message. I have my mother’s chocolate …
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September 28, 2011
Giveaway: Naomi Benaron’s Running the Rift
Naomi Benaron’s riveting debut novel, Running the Rift (pub. date: January 17, 2012), chronicles the story of a gifted Rwandan boy, Jean Patrick Nkuba, from the day he knows that running will …
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September 26, 2011
On Writing: Hillary Jordan and Michael Dahlie
Hillary Jordan is the author of two novels: Mudbound, which won the 2006 Bellwether Prize and a 2009 Alex Award from the American Library Association, and When She Woke, publishing October 4, …
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September 23, 2011
Goodbye, Sarah Rose
This isn’t goodbye, this is only farewell I’m having a hard time writing this. In a few short days, Sarah Rose Nordgren–Algonquin’s beloved publicity assistant and one of my closest friends–will be …
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September 21, 2011
Booksellers Rock! Josh Christie, Sherman’s Books and Stationery
Name: Josh Christie Bookstore: Sherman’s Books and Stationery, Freeport Title: Bookseller Brief Bio: Josh Christie started his career in bookselling in 2004, working as a frontline bookseller at Sherman’s Books and Stationery …
September 19, 2011
What We’re Reading: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Unlike some of my illustrious colleagues, I’m not a super-fast reading machine. I tend to move between reading poetry, novels, nonfiction, and spiritual writings, and I take my reading choices very seriously …
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September 19, 2011
KIPP Schools in the New York Times
The New York Times Magazine just featured a fantastic article on KIPP Charter Schools. (Read the full article here.) We recently published Jay Mathew’s book Work Hard, Be Nice on the KIPP founders, Mike Feinberg and …
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