Posts Tagged: Josh Wilker

June 13, 2012

Father’s Day Gift Guide

Father’s Day Gift Guide

We’re thinking about dad this week. And in upcoming blog posts, we’ll be sharing essays, personal stories and remembrances of time spent with dad. Dad who always has the answers. Dad who …

December 14, 2011

Algonquin’s Guide to Gift Giving, Winter 2011

Algonquin’s Guide to Gift Giving, Winter 2011

I always wait until the last minute to buy Christmas and Chanukah presents for my family. It’s not because shopping slips my mind, or because I forget about the holidays or my …

October 17, 2011

Celebrating the Playoffs: Cardboard Gods Giveaway

Celebrating the Playoffs: Cardboard Gods Giveaway

Here at Algonquin, we like to celebrate the playoffs in true American style: by kicking up our feet, turning on the tube, and belting “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” while eating bacon-wrapped …

June 7, 2011

Publication Day: <i>Something for Nothing</i> by David Anthony

Publication Day: Something for Nothing by David Anthony

When I was ten years old, I had to have minor surgery. As a result, I was forced to spend the summer moping around the house, wearing an insanely large bandage over …

March 15, 2011

Publication Day and Bonus Soundtrack: <i>Cardboard Gods</i> by Josh Wilker

Publication Day and Bonus Soundtrack: Cardboard Gods by Josh Wilker

Today we add a new pastime to the list of America’s favorites–apple pie, baseball, singing flight attendants and, now, Josh Wilker’s brilliant memoir, Cardboard Gods. The 1970s was a decade marked by …