Excerpts
March 25, 2010
A Story from Lee Smith
Today we have an excerpt from Lee Smith‘s collection of short stories, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stanger. Smith is the author of fifteen previous books of fiction—three collections of short stories …
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February 11, 2010
"It takes a village to make a tango dancer."
Today we have the first chapter of Maria Finn‘s new memoir, Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home. This selection is about Finn’s first tango lesson after her split from her cheating …
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February 2, 2010
NPR is Reading Heidi Durrow's Debut Novel
Heidi Durrow‘s The Girl Who Fell From The Sky is featured this week on NPR’s What We’re Reading. See, there’s this librarian. And a bird-watching boy. And a strange man with a …
January 5, 2010
New in Paperback!
With almost the entire nation deep in this wintertime cold snap, today is the perfect on-sale date for the paperback edition of The New York Times bestseller A Reliable Wife, set in …
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December 29, 2009
Cheers to the New Year!
With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, we wanted to share a cocktail recipe from Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers. Following a celebratory evening and one too …
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December 23, 2009
An Excerpt from Seasoned in the South
My mother’s mother followed the German tradition of not decorating until Christmas Eve. My other grandmother, my parents, and everyone else in town were finished weeks in advance, but Annie would never …
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December 15, 2009
Happy Hannukkah, Chanukah, and Hanukah!
In honor of the fifth day of Chanukah today, it seemed appropriate to share an essay from How to Spell Chanukah . . . and Other Holiday Dilemmas. Edited by Emily Franklin, …
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December 7, 2009
Short Story Pick-of-the-Month
Flash fiction is a difficult form to pull off, and many times stories in that form can feel more like scenes rather than turning points or moments of recognition. And speaking of …
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