Posts Tagged: the new yorker
June 26, 2012
Publication day:
The Receptionist
Janet Groth lived the Mad Men experience, minding the magazine and the men who created it for The New Yorker. From a lost Woody Allen to a marriage-proposing John Berryman to a …
May 30, 2012
Meet The Receptionist
If Mad Men were set at the offices of a legendary magazine and told from the point of view of the receptionist, it would mirror Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining look back …
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December 7, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Books They’ve Read in 2011, Part 2
Donia Bijan, author of Maman’s Homesick Pie This was the year of displaced persons. The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer. The untold story of Hungarian Jews forced to flee as Europe’s tragedy …
September 2, 2011
Why I Love Books: August Roundup
August gets a bad rap as the month of withering lawns, miserable heat, and end-of-summer ennui. An article published in Slate actually argued that it should be abolished from the year altogether. …
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March 11, 2011
The New Yorker librarians: Erin Overbey interviews Jon Michaud about When Tito Loved Clara
Jon Michaud’s When Tito Loved Clara follows the story of Clara, a Dominican-American wife and mother, as she aspires to a middle-class suburban existence only to be drawn back to …
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November 19, 2010
Booksellers Rock! Michele Filgate, RiverRun Books
Michele Filgate is the Events Coordinator at RiverRun Books in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She recently made New Hampshire Magazine‘s “It List” for 2010. Michele is a writer and a book critic, and …
February 25, 2010
Maria Finn on The New Yorker "Book Bench"
Maria Finn’s new memoir Hold Me Tight, and Tango Me Home (and the ongoing Heartbreak Competition at Maria’s website) is featured on The New Yorker’s “Book Bench” blog today. Read the article …
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