November 3, 2011

What the Dormouse Said: Wit and Wisdom from Children’s Books, Part 1

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 …

November 1, 2011

Publication Day: <i>A Curable Romantic</i> by Joseph Skibell

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 …

October 28, 2011

The John Jeremiah Sullivan: An Essential Autumn Cocktail

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 …

October 25, 2011

Publication Day: William Alexander’s <i>52 Loaves</i> with Special Guest Baker Kelly Bowen

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.” …

October 24, 2011

On Writing: Brock Clarke and Kevin Wilson

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

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 …

October 20, 2011

Beer and Pretzels (and Football and Books)

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 …

October 18, 2011

Publication Day: <i>Lions of the West</i> by Robert Morgan

Publication Day: Lions of the West by Robert Morgan

Robert Morgan’s engrossing saga of the Westward Expansion, Lions of the West, is now available at your local bookstore. (Excerpt below.) Grab a copy today, pour yourself a mug of tea, and …