Posts Tagged: Mark Twain
September 7, 2011
Algonquin Talks with Laurie Hertzel, Minneapolis Star-Tribune Book Review Editor
For our latest installment in the Algonquin Talks series, we hear from Laurie Hertzel, book editor for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and author of News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist. Minneapolis …
August 17, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Summer Reads: Part 1
Summer’s winding down, but we still have plenty of time left to cram in more summer reading, right? We recently asked our authors to tell us about their favorite summer reads, whether …
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 …
January 6, 2011
Censor Huck Finn? Opinion Piece by Tayari Jones
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the NewSouth is publishing an updated version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that omits racially sensitive words. We consider this completely backwards and can’t …
November 15, 2010
Wicked Trailer Amy Stewart, Wicked Bugs
We bring you this important news bulletin about Amy Stewart’s Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & other Diabolical Insects (May 2011). Amy Stewart is also the author of the …
