Posts Tagged: Lee Smith
June 16, 2011
Lee Smith, Master Storyteller
For the launch of the paperback release of Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, author Lee Smith did a series of book events around North Carolina at our favorite local indie bookstores …
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May 31, 2011
Publication Day: Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger by Lee Smith
I made the mistake of picking up Lee Smith’s latest collection of short stories, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, the week before a huge test in my Prehistoric Life class. I …
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May 9, 2011
In Pictures: Water for Elephants Screening
April 21, 2011 – The circus came to town Or at least it seemed like it: The Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth was larger than life on the big screen, …
May 6, 2011
Mother’s Day Roundup
My mother lives by the motto “There’s no such thing as too many books.” You can usually find her nose-deep in a battered paperback, sitting in our dog Chester’s favorite armchair, which …
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April 7, 2011
Writers Read: Creative Writing at UNC Chapel Hill
Last Tuesday, the Algonquin staff had the wonderful opportunity to attend two of our interns’ Honors Fiction Reading held on the University of North Carolina campus. Blog Intern Susannah Long and Editorial …
February 2, 2011
Booksellers Rock! Stan Hynds, Northshire Bookstore
What books recently rocked my world: The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker Year of Our Lord, by T. R. Pearson and Langdon Clay . Best damn event(s) we’ve hosted: In 2003, after Laura …
December 16, 2010
Christmas Week: A story from Lee Smith
Today we have the story “House Tour” from Lee Smith‘s most recent collection, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger. In this brilliant gem of a story, a woman is completely unaware that …
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November 9, 2010
Booksellers Rock! Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books
Quail Ridge is the major independent bookstore in Raleigh, NC–hometown of David and Amy Sedaris. It was voted the Best Bookstore of the Year by Publishers Weekly about a decade ago, and …
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