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Getty Ambau talks about
by Getty Ambau
Desta is a tale of impossibility and inextinguishable dreams. In fact, it is a story so outlandish, in a setting so completely unfamiliar, that it seems the stuff of dreams.
And therein lies its...
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Getty Ambau talks about
by Getty Ambau
Desta is a tale of impossibility and inextinguishable dreams. In fact, it is a story so outlandish, in a setting so completely unfamiliar, that it seems the stuff of dreams.
And therein lies its...
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Natalie Tinti talks about
Natalie Tinti is a bit of a Wondergirl. At age 10 years of age she is writing AND illustrating a series of books that will naturally have a ready made audience among her peers but at the same time...
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Mary Walsh talks about
Catherine Nagle is a writer who I first became aquainted in Red Room. Her presence is always enlightening in that she conveys through her creative talent and her daily living that she “gets...
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Matthew Michael Hanlon talks about
I found The Marriage of True Minds (and Stephen Evans, himself) through RedRoom.com. I'd enjoyed his blog posts, both here and off-site, and when I saw his post from earlier in the week about the...
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Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons talks about
by Chris Rodell
Chris Rodell hasn't had an easy time of it the past couple of years—like many people his family has been affected by the economic downturn. Yet he tries to find joy and happiness wherever he goes....
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Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons talks about
As a writer, I have many many many (did I mention many) moments of self doubt and angst about my writing. Reading this collection of interviews done by Meredith Maran is a salve. It reminds me that...
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Robert Sward talks about
by Robert Sward
Career collection is, I guess, the word for it. Culled from previously unpublished poems and selections from the author's 20+ books of poetry. This is that book. This is it.
Years ago my friend...
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Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons talks about
I am so glad The Bears House is now an ebook! I loved this book when I was a child. Fran Ellen Smith has the odds against her.H er father abandons her family and her mother goes to her bed; most...
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Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons talks about
Velva Jean Hart is back! She's in Paris, looking for her missing in action brother Johnny Clay in World War II. While she's there, she finds herself recruited as a spy. Her spy name? Clementine...
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Nina Schuyler talks about
**A finalist for the 24th Annual Northern California Book Award**
Praise for The Painting
“Nina Schuyler is one of those writers who can make you skip dessert so you can get back to your book. She...
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Robert Sward talks about
by Robert Sward
Career collection is, I guess, the word for it. Culled from previously unpublished poems and selections from the author's 20+ books of poetry. This is that book. This is it.
Years ago my friend...
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Jane Velez-Mitchell talks about
Addict Nation is a great read; I couldn't put it down. In fact, I read it over and over, and I can't wait to read it again. I think I'm hooked. But in a good way.--Joy Behar, Host of The Joy Behar...
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Getty Ambau talks about
by Getty Ambau
Desta is a tale of impossibility and inextinguishable dreams. In fact, it is a story so outlandish, in a setting so completely unfamiliar, that it seems the stuff of dreams.
And therein lies its...
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Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons talks about
On Twitter yesterday they announced that Bastard Out of Carolina is celebrating its 20th anniversary today. Twenty years! It’s a book that still stands out today. This is an essay I wrote about...
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Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons talks about
by Chris Rodell
Chris Rodell hasn't had an easy time of it the past couple of years—like many people his family has been affected by the economic downturn. Yet he tries to find joy and happiness wherever he goes....
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Jenna Moquin talks about
I read "Two or Three Things I Know for Sure" years ago, and recently re-read it and recommended it to a friend of mine. It's a memoir, something I don't usually read, but I'd recommend it to anyone....
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Charles Redner talks about
A true story about a boxer's love for a son born with Down syndrome.
Don't look for a boxing book filled with blood and guts. Sure "Down But Never Out" has its share of fisticuffs and ring mayhem....
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Robert Lewis talks about
by Clive Barker
This book, that was made into the legendary "Hellraiser", is an incredible read. I love the movie, but have to say after reading the book, it's now a toss up as to which I enjoyed more....
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Michael L Schmicker talks about
I was extremely nervous when "Best Evidence" was finally published. You write seriously about the paranormal at some risk to your journalistic reputation. I was especially worried about...
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