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November 8, 2011
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 …
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November 3, 2011
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 …
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November 1, 2011
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 …
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October 28, 2011
The John Jeremiah Sullivan: An Essential Autumn Cocktail
Like most well-adjusted Americans, I can use almost anything to justify wanting a drink. It’s raining? Better have a toddy. It’s hot out? A gin and tonic! Bad days, great days, taxes …
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October 25, 2011
Publication Day: William Alexander’s 52 Loaves with Special Guest Baker Kelly Bowen
William Alexander’s culinary memoir, 52 Loaves: One Man’s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust, is now out in paperback. This book lends new meaning to the term “from scratch.” …
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October 24, 2011
On Writing: Brock Clarke and Kevin Wilson
Brock Clarke and Kevin Wilson talk inspiration, performance art, unlikeable characters, Cormac McCarthy, short stories, and potato guns. Brock Clarke is the author of An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New …
October 21, 2011
Booksellers: Apply for the Draybak Fellowship to WI7
This is cross-posted from Bookselling This Week. For the second year, Workman Publishing is sponsoring the Joe Drabyak Frontline Fellowship to the Winter Institute. The fellowship was launched last year with a …
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October 20, 2011
Beer and Pretzels (and Football and Books)
Earlier this month, excited about the baseball playoffs and eager to cheer for the Philadelphia Phillies (Official Baseball Team of the Algonquin Marketing Department), I volunteered to share my favorite baseball-watching recipes …
