At Home with Algonquin
November 23, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving! From my mom…
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I’m flying out to see my parents this afternoon, but wanted to get in one last post before the holiday. Thinking about the best parts of Thanksgiving, what I’m …
November 22, 2010
This Thanksgiving Get Seasoned In The South
Heather Lende, author of the beautiful memoirs Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs and If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name, has a new column in Woman’s Day. …
October 29, 2010
HOW TO Run A Marathon
. The question I’m most asked about running is “How far is this marathon?” (Yes, they are all 26.2 miles.) The second most common question is “How do you run a whole …
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October 21, 2010
Why I Love English Teachers
1. I had my first shameless obsession with an English teacher when I was in kindergarten. Of course, she was also the craft maker and the hand holder and the nap enforcer, …
October 11, 2010
The Regulator Presents: Algonquin Night!
Tuesday the 5th was “Algonquin Night” at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC. If you’ve never been to The Regulator, it’s a big shop with a deceptively narrow storefront. Do not be …
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October 8, 2010
What We're Reading Room by Emma Donoghue
If you haven’t heard of Room by Emma Donoghue, or if you have but haven’t bought it yet, go buy it. Do it today. Immediately. Because I promise you will not be …
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September 16, 2010
GET READ: A Friend In The Book Business
Some Submissions Guidelines and Conspiracy Speculations . It’s a tough world out there for writers: incomplete manuscripts cluttering our workspace, relatives asking what our real jobs are, and our hole-in-the-wall coffeehouses being …
August 20, 2010
AN INTERVIEW WITH SHANNON RAVENEL
Today’s bonanza: Amy Hempel’s COLLECTED STORIES; Wells Towers’s EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED; the 25th anniversary edition of NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH; and three Algonquin titles of your choosing. Just leave a …
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