Posts Tagged: Mark Twain

September 7, 2011

Algonquin Talks with Laurie Hertzel, <i>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</i> Book Review Editor

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

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

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

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 …