LJ’s Kathleen Quinlan talks to Stacy London about start-overs, self-esteen, and The Truth About Style.
Poetry Out of Context: Notes from the 6th Annual Academy of American Poets Forum
By on October 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
When Whitman declares in “Native Moments,” “I will play a part no longer, why should I exile myself / from my companions? / I come forthwith in your midst, I will be your poet, / I will be more to you than to any of the rest,” he defines, in one context, the innermost desire [...]
No Joke: Calvin Trillin Takes 2012 Thurber Prize for American Humor
By on October 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
Calvin Trillin, a longtime New Yorker staff writer, comic novelist, and witty bard of political doggerel, was named the winner of the 2012 Thurber Prize for American Humor for his essay collection Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff. The award, which includes a crystal plaque and a $5000 prize, was given to [...]
Behind the Book: Life After Death, by Damien Echols
By on August 21, 2012 4 Comments
An interview with Damien Echols, one of the West Memphis 3.
Q&A: Margaret Dilloway, Author of The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns
By on August 14, 2012 Leave a Comment
An interview with Margaret Dilloway
Karen Russell Wins NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award
By on May 15, 2012
Karen Russell Wins NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award
Q&A: Cheryl Strayed, Author of Tiny Beautiful Things
By on April 30, 2012
Q&A: Cheryl Strayed, Author of Tiny Beautiful Things
Q&A: Eleanor Kuhns, author of A Simple Murder
By on April 27, 2012
Q&A: Eleanor Kuhns, author of A Simple Murder
Beantown Bids: Karin Slaughter’s Library Campaign Comes to Boston
By on April 19, 2012
Beantown Bids: Karin Slaughter’s Library Campaign Comes to Boston
Q&A: Adriana Trigiani, Author of The Shoemaker’s Wife
By on April 12, 2012
Q&A: Adriana Trigiani, Author of The Shoemaker’s Wife
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