Guest Authors
June 15, 2010
Author Q&A: Stephen Goodwin
This is Stephen Goodwin–author of four previous books (including the acclaimed novel Breaking Her Fall), former director of the literature program at the National Endowment for the Arts, two-time president of the …
June 4, 2010
From Largehearted Boy—Peep Show Soundtrack
Josh Braff, author of the new book PEEP SHOW, put together a playlist for the (really awesome) blog Largehearted Boy. We liked it so much, we had to repost it! You can …
May 21, 2010
Ask Dr. Bleedingheart
Dear Dr. Bleedingheart, I have recently adopted some pet snails. Now they are having snail babies! The soil in the terrarium has little tiny bugs in it; I think they might have …
May 20, 2010
Author Q&A: Heather Lende
Heather Lende is many things: wife, mother, obit writer, Alaska spokesperson, radio personality, all-around-inspiration, and author of If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name. Now she’s back with a new memoir, …
May 4, 2010
Author Q&A: Jim Dodson
Jim Dodson‘s beautiful golf memoir, A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf and Fatherhood, won the International Golf Network Book of the Year award. To celebrate the paperback publication this …
April 23, 2010
Earth Day: The Nature We Love!
Happy Earth Day! To celebrate, we have a guest post from Kelly Bowen, senior publicist at Algonquin. Her earthy topic? SNAILS! I recently joined the Algonquin team, moving from NYC to Chapel …
March 19, 2010
Robert Goolrick reading from A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick’s novel A Reliable Wife has been at the top of The New York Times bestseller list since it was released in early January. If you haven’t had a chance to …
March 18, 2010
Bill Smith: Taking It On The Road
Last month I was invited by the Viking Range company to give a series of classes at their cooking school in Greenwood, Mississippi. The company’s headquarters is there and, besides the school, …
