Archive for: November, 2011

November 8, 2011

Margaret Atwood, Age 17, from <i>First Words</i>

Margaret Atwood, Age 17, from First Words

First Words is a collection of early writings from twenty-two famous authors, collected and edited by Paul Mandelbaum. Today we’re featuring one of Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood’s first stabs at short …

November 3, 2011

What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Children’s Books, Part 1

What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Children’s Books, Part 1

I started eating books at a very young age. In one of my earliest memories, I’m sitting on the kitchen floor gnawing on a copy of Little Bear’s Visit. I coerced my …

November 1, 2011

Publication Day: <i>A Curable Romantic</i> by Joseph Skibell

Publication Day: A Curable Romantic by Joseph Skibell

“I fell in love with Emma Eckstein the moment I saw her from the fourth gallery of the Carl Theater, and this was also the night I met Sigmund Freud.” So begins …