Excerpts
November 25, 2009
Read an Excerpt from The Ghost at the Table
With the holiday season upon us, it’s the perfect time to pick up Suzanne Berne‘s novel, The Ghost at the Table, set at a family Thanksgiving in New England. In the Washington …
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November 17, 2009
A Friend of the Family – Read an Excerpt
There is a lot of buzz surrounding Lauren Grodstein’s new novel, A Friend of the Family, which just released last week. This story of a suburban father’s fall from grace as he …
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November 4, 2009
In My Father's Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles — Now Available!
Though many books have been written about Orson Welles, exploring his success as an actor and producer and his faults as a person, none have given a more intimate reflection than In …
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October 28, 2009
Consider Yourself Warned…
Castor bean (Ricinus communis) One autumn morning in 1978, communist defector and BBC journalist Georgi Markov walked across London’s Waterloo Bridge and stood waiting at a bus stop. He felt a painful …
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October 27, 2009
Your Hunt for the Perfect Halloween Cocktail? Nevermore.
Today’s post is a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, a master writer whose eerie tales give me the Halloween willies worse than any slasher flick! Like most great writers, Poe enjoyed a …
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October 14, 2009
Short Story Pick-of-the-Month
Today’s post is coming to you courtesy of Kathy Pories, Senior Editor at Algonquin and Senior Editor of our annual New Stories from the South series (now in its 19th year!). She …
October 8, 2009
Educating Esme — it's back and better than ever
If you haven’t read Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year, um, what are you waiting for? The book is spirited, funny, and endearing. But don’t just take my word for …
