Posts Tagged: A Friend of the Family
January 2, 2013
Lucky 7 for January: What to Read in 2013
What to Read in 2013 With the New Year come new books from some of Algonquin’s classic authors. Dive into wonderful works from the likes of Lee Smith, Robert Morgan, Jill McCorkle, …
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January 30, 2012
Lauren Grodstein & Stephen King; Algonquin Book Club Event, 3/3
Get ready for our next Algonquin Book Club event coming up on March 3 at 7:00 p.m. EST! Tune into the live webcast to hear Stephen King in conversation with Lauren Grodstein, …
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December 7, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Books They’ve Read in 2011, Part 2
Donia Bijan, author of Maman’s Homesick Pie This was the year of displaced persons. The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer. The untold story of Hungarian Jews forced to flee as Europe’s tragedy …
August 24, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Summer Reads: Part 2
This summer I’m revisiting Sinclair Lewis, whom despite being the first American writer awarded the Nobel, along with the first to refuse the Pulitzer, seems to have fallen out of vogue in …
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August 11, 2011
On Writing: Lauren Grodstein and Wendy McClure
Lauren Grodstein and Wendy McClure dole out the writing wisdom as they discuss starting new projects, Little House on the Prairie, and why good authors are born rather than made. Lauren Grodstein …
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March 3, 2011
Introducing the Algonquin Book Club! Live events & live webcasts with notable writers
Welcome to the Algonquin Book Club! Each year we’ll be featuring four Algonquin Book Club selections at literary events held around the country and simultaneously webcast on our site. For each event, …
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February 9, 2011
AWP Recap by Caroline Leavitt
AWP doesn’t really stand for awesome writers party, but it sort of should. I’m in the midst of my vintage beaded sweater and red cowboy boots tour but I’m reporting from the …
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February 3, 2011
USA Today “Book Buzz” item on the Algonquin Book Club
Thanks, USA Today, for writing about the Algonquin Book Club series, featuring Julia Alvarez (In the Time of the Butterflies) with Edwidge Danticat, Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants) with Kathryn Stockett, Heidi Durrow …
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