Posts Tagged: New Stories from the South
June 8, 2011
Man With A Pan, Live and In Person
I have to say I’ve never been to a reading at Housing Works that didn’t get me super excited about the book being highlighted. For example, after the New Stories from the …
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 …
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 …
October 22, 2010
Short Story Pick of the Month
Danielle Evans‘s debut story collection, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, received tons of critical acclaim when it was published just a couple months ago–from the New York Times, People, O: …
September 30, 2010
Happy Birthday Megan! A Few of My Favorite Things
In honor of my recent arrival at Algonquin (and, let’s be honest, my birthday week), Algonquin has been nice enough to let me cap off the month by sharing a few of …
September 29, 2010
Hempel. Tower. Pories. Housing Works, 9/24
This past Friday, September 24th, at New York City’s Housing Works, guest editor Amy Hempel, series editor Kathy Pories, and contributor Wells Tower gathered together to celebrate Algonquin’s 25th anniversary of NEW …
September 28, 2010
Short Story Pick of the Month
What begins as a fantastical story of a small Southern town’s populace living in trees after a devastating flood becomes a serious and sensitive portrayal of a strained marriage told through the …
September 24, 2010
Celebrate 25 years at Housing Works Bookstore tonight!
5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND TONIGHT’S NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH READING AT HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE . 1. Award-winning author Amy Hempel may bring her dog. . 2. You may get …
