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| Second Verse Same as the First |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| Does it count as daily blogging if today looks a lot like yesterday? Been running around in circles since the morning and find myself, once again, using my first chance to sit down to reach out to you all, with the get-to-the-event-clock ticking down. This one is at my local neighborhood bookstore, Greenlight Bookstore, where [...] |
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Author: Nathan Englander |
Category: Guests |
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| The Blind Contessa’s New Machine |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| Carey Wallace has written a beautiful little novella based on the invention of the first typewriter. Who knew it was for a blind woman? In 1808, Pellegrino Turri invented his "writing machine" to help the blind communicate. The Blind Contessa's New Machine uses this invention, and its subsequent gift to the Contessa, as a basis for the [...] |
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Author: Dianah |
Category: Shelf Talkers |
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| The Seamstress and the Wind |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| Though most of César Aira's books tend to be slim affairs, they make up with inventiveness for whatever they may lack in length. The prolific Argentine novelist's works are wildly imaginative, and the depth of his creativity seems matched by the ease with which he is able to blend, cross, and move within different genres. [...] |
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Author: Jeremy |
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| Big Think |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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| Tonight is the first event for the new book, and I've spent most of the afternoon at home with curlers in my hair and cucumber circles on the eyesI've spent most of the afternoon at home with curlers in my hair and cucumber circles on the eyes — prettying myself up for the big event, [...] |
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Author: Nathan Englander |
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| A Raider by Any Other Name |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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| Perhaps you are aware of the fact that there is an oddly popular trivia game floating around that a group of clever (and likely bored) college students invented back in the early 1990s called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Maybe you have even played it. Taking its name from the social networking concept of six [...] |
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Author: Kent Hartman |
Category: Original Essays |
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| It’s a Good Day to Talk about Amulets |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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| Well, today is the on-sale date for the book. And, as promised yesterday, the unmooring has begun. Which means I spent last night with book-launch flu, hiding under the covers and watching No Strings Attached. Yesterday, I gave you a list of what I was reading (or about to) and thought I'd bridge the gap [...] |
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Author: Nathan Englander |
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| The Art of Fielding |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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| If it weren't for the Morning News Tournament of Books, I would never have read The Art of Fielding. Baseball? No, thanks. But have no fear — it's not really a book about baseball. Henry Skrimshander is a shortstop prodigy who lives and breathes baseball. Luckily, he is talented enough to catch the eye of [...] |
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Author: Dianah |
Category: Shelf Talkers |
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| Olive Kitteridge |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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| Set on the coast of Maine, this fantastic Pulitzer Prize winner (2009) is a terrific character study. Olive is an irascible, crabby old lady who is difficult to like. Yet, as her life, marriage, and story play out, her character changes in ways that are wholly believable. This novel runs the gamut of human emotion [...] |
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Author: Dianah |
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| Bookscape |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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| [Editor's note: Don't miss Nathan Englander at the City of Books on Friday, February 17. See our events calendar for all the details.] It's been five years since I last guest-blogged for Powell's. I'm happy to be back — and back with a new book (which is out on Tuesday, and one fine reason why [...] |
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Author: Nathan Englander |
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| Handheld Pies |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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| Part cookbook, part culinary road trip, part mouthwatering, flaky-crusted, fresh-from-the-oven feast for the eyes, Handheld Pies combines recipes for scrumptious handheld treats with profiles of some of the best small-pie makers in the United States, including Portland's own fried-pie purveyor Whiffies (p. 34). First-time pie makers will appreciate the introductory chapter devoted to equipment, ingredients, [...] |
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Author: Tove |
Category: Shelf Talkers |
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