Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Leora-Skolkin Smith talks about Edges, the culture of celebrity, the legacy of Grace Paley, the Israel and Palestine conflict, and more

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The wonderful thing about books is that they can have second, third, and multiple lives. They can be reprinted, put into different formats...

Amy Impellizzeri talks about Lemongrass Hope, writing, and so much more

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 Amy Impellizzeri knows the terrors of being a first novelist, and she's written a wonderful essay about dealing with them. Her fi...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Sheila Weller talks about The News Sorority, humanity, Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, Christiane Amanpour, sexist news, and so much more

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  Sheila Weller is truly one of the most interesting women I know.  After I devoured her book GIrls Like Us, about Joni Mitchell...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Bill Roorbach talks about The Remedy for Love, being "the poet of hopeless tangles," writing, being a judge on the Food Network, and so much more

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 I first met Bill Roorbach at an Algonquin Books Party,  amidst party chaos. When I really met him was at the Tucson Book Festiva...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Tour de Blog: My leg of the "My Writing Process Blog Tour!"

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I was invited to participate in the MY WRITING PROCESS BLOG TOUR by the most wonderful Bill Roorbach and Dave Gessner who run the smart,...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Kerry Cohen talks about her hilarious series, Bad Reviews: Writers Read Their Shit Reviews

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Sigh. We've all had them. The kind of review where you want to curl up under the bed and never come out.  But what if you could defuse ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

What's in a name? Alexandra Watkins, founder of the naming firm, Eat My Words, talks about "Hello, My Name is Awesome," why the wrong name can be ruination. Plus, name a cowboy boot store and you could win her book!

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Who came up with the name Scrabble? (Unforgettable and fun to say, right?) Who thought that Svbtle was a good name? (Can you...
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