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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Lightning Rods
Lightning Rods Helen DeWitt New Directions, Oct. 2011 $24.95 I tried describing Lightning Rods to my brother like this: “The book is about Joe, a salesman who sells glory holes and makes them a standard fixture in the bathroom stalls … Continue reading
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Innovators in Lit #15: Richard Nash
Richard Nash is an independent publishing entrepreneur—VP of Community and Content of Small Demons, founder of Cursor, and Publisher of Red Lemonade. For most of the past decade, he ran the iconic indie Soft Skull Press for which he was … Continue reading
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The Follow Up: Jennine Capó Crucet
I’m going to be talking to a few authors whose first books I admired and see what they’re working on in terms of a second book. One of the things that interests me here is how writers move from a … Continue reading
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Tolstoy: A Russian Life
Tolstoy: A Russian Life Rosamund Bartlett Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, November 2010 560 pages $35 Tolstoy biographers almost have too much material to work with. Unlike Dickens, Tolstoy didn’t burn any of his 8,500 letters; unlike Hardy, he didn’t destroy large … Continue reading
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Your Literary Holiday Gift Guide
The holidays are upon us and we’re thinking about gifts for our more literary friends and family. Can you tell we’ve already moved on from Thanksgiving to Black Friday? Here are a few inspiring gift ideas from Ploughshares: 1. Buy … Continue reading
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Aftermath
Aftermath Scott Nadelson Hawthorne Books, September 2011 $15.95 288 pages This post was written by Karen Sikola. There are days when everything seems unnervingly connected—when every song your iPod shuffles up seems determined to make sense of your current tribulations, … Continue reading
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Innovators in Literature: Instant Replay, Part 1
Since my days as a Ploughshares guest blogger are numbered (sniff!), I wanted to devote a little time to recapping some highlights from past Innovators in Literature interviews. We’ve got Adam Robinson on YA, Alice Sebold on difficult characters, Zach … Continue reading
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The Follow Up: Don Waters
I’m going to be talking to a few authors whose first books I admired and see what they’re working on in terms of a second book. One of the things that interests me here is how writers move from a … Continue reading
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An Interview with Zacharis Award Winner Christine Sneed
We are happy to announce that Christine Sneed has won the twenty-first John C. Zacharis First Book Award for her short story collection, Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010). The $1,500 … Continue reading
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Family Dysfunction: Some Tense Literature for Thanksgiving (Plus a Playlist)
With the holiday season comes the promise of family: good, bad, and otherwise. Think creepy Uncle Albert who always seems to be brushing up against you, or your sister Sally who has a way of pushing every button to transport … Continue reading
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