What We’re Reading
September 15, 2011
What We’re Reading: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
“Art, if you loved it, was worth any amount of unhappiness and pain.”–Caleb and Camille Fang The cover of Kevin Wilson’s The Family Fang proudly displays a quote from bestselling author Ann …
July 14, 2011
What We’re Reading: Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
Ahhhh … vacation. It’s amazing how that one word can immediately conjure up images of swaying hammocks, laughter, sunlight, and good food, isn’t it? A few weeks ago, I escaped the office …
June 30, 2011
What We’re Reading: The Red Market by Scott Carney
I’ve been on a weird reading kick lately. When not reading manuscripts for work or new issues of Us Weekly (a top priority every Thursday evening), I’m usually immersed in a hot …
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June 23, 2011
Summer Reading List
It’s no secret that we Algonkians are voracious readers. This summer, we’re excited to dive into a wide variety of books, from the eclectic (The Decameron, Emily Post’s Etiquette, Yakuza Moon) to …
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June 8, 2011
What We’re Reading: An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
I was recently re-reading Annie Dillard’s An American Childhood, some 15 years after initially reading it, and was appropriately awe-struck page after page. Dillard is one of the most brilliant writers of …
May 26, 2011
What We’re Reading: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
I confess: I picked up this book because I liked the title. It reminded me of a museum and I love museums. I’m a sucker for other people’s obsessions. I like it …
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April 15, 2011
What We’re Reading: Alexandra Styron’s Reading My Father
In 2006, when I was an assistant publicist at Random House, I was assigned to publicize the reprinting of Darkness Visible, William Styron’s extraordinarily moving memoir on his depression. I knew many …
March 22, 2011
What We’re Reading: The Tiger’s Wife
It seems like you can’t go anywhere these days without brushing up against a tiger. With the arrival of spring, we have talk on TV of whether or not golfer Tiger Woods …
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