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September 23, 2010

Read This: Nothing Left To Burn Excerpt

Jay Varner is on fire this week! (Sorry, we couldn’t resist … ) . Appearing at trade shows from New Jersey to Florida, being interviewed by the likes of Entertainment Weekly, The …

September 22, 2010

AN INTERVIEW WITH Jay Varner

Jay Varner, author of the brilliant memoir Nothing Left to Burn, offers some insights on the origins of his memoir, the tricky business of writing about a small town, good books, and …

September 21, 2010

nothing left to burn video trailer

This week we’ll be featuring the beautiful, poignant, searing memoir Nothing Left to Burn by Jay Varner. . One of our favorite authors, John Jeremiah Sullivan, wrote: . “The son reports on fires …

September 17, 2010

What We're Reading: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Let me be straight with you, fellow readers. I wasn’t even finished with Freedom before I chose Jonathan Franzen’s novel to kick-start my “what-book-are-you-cheating-on-Algonquin- with” entry. Is it everything the critics have …

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 …

September 14, 2010

Going Away ShoesNow in Paperback

Jill McCorkle‘s newest book, Going Away Shoes, is now available in paperback! People magazine gave the hardcover edition 4 stars, calling it “A remarkable collection . . . bold and addictive.” . …

September 10, 2010

READ THIS: A BLESSING ON THE MOON

Today is the last day to enter to win A CURABLE ROMANTIC and A BLESSING ON THE MOON–just leave a comment on our Facebook page (or here on our blog if you’re …

September 9, 2010

Q & A WITH JOSEPH SKIBELL

There’s still time to enter to win A CURABLE ROMANTIC and A BLESSING ON THE MOON–just leave a comment on our Facebook page (or here on our blog if you’re not on …