Entries Tagged as 'Books'
The Times writes up Open Book
The NY Times does a huge piece on The Open Book (home to my beloved Loft) and the revitalization of that neighborhood. [via]
Read moreInterviewed by Aden
My friend Aden interviewed me for Overstock.com’s Book Candy blog.
Read moreFrom the Fortress of Solitude
Yesterday in the midst of cleaning the Fortress of Solitude I decided that after nearly fourteen years in hiding that my Sweet Valley High books should come of the dark and take their rightful place on a bookcase. It’s so deliciously nerdy. Every time I catch a glimpse of that shelf out of the corner [...]
Read moreJudging the Minnesota Book Awards
Amy Goetzman of Minn Post has a great article about Judging the Minnesota Book Awards.
Read moreAnswering the Googlers Questions VII: Sometimes I really am helping
will he think less of me?
I doubt it. Guys are like puppies, even if he thought less of you, it’d be for about 49 secons.
book club questions about then we came to the end
1. Oh my god why did we waste precious hours of our life reading this crap?
2. Is it possible for such a [...]
Marjane Satrapi Reading in Twin Cities
Marjane Satrapi, the author and artist behind the phenomenal Persepolis, is going to be giving a talk at Century College in White Bear Lake on Thursday, April 10. I cannot even begin to express how bummed out I am that I can’t go because I have class. Damn. Someone has to go and give a [...]
Read moreCreative Bookshelves
30 Most Creative Bookshelves. [via]
Read moreGood thing I didn’t name the iPod Barry Jive and his Uptown Five
Last week I finally got my copy for Send Yourself Roses from the publisher. I was pretty stoked because now I could finally see for myself what page 237 really said.
I can’t tell you what pleases me most, that Ruby was called by name or that I’m considered a young woman. I keep asking all [...]
Read moreThe Learners, an unworthy sequel
As much as it pains me to say it, I was really disappointed in Chip Kidd’s The Learners, a follow-up to his phenomenal book Cheese Monkeys.
The Learners picks up with Happy, the main character from Cheese Monkeys all graduated from State and trying to get a job at Spear, Rakoff & Ware in New [...]
Rock of pages
Rock of Pages, 45 books for the literate music geek. [via]
Read moreLies, memoirs, emotional honesty, and scaring The Deets
Sometime last year or the year before that, I spent hours at Grumpy’s with Jags and The Hottie discussing the bullshit that is dubbed “creative non-fiction.” That designation as a writing genre drives me nuts. Jags and The Hottie tried to get me to understand that “creative non-fiction” is a totally legit genre and that [...]
Read moreAn argument
I’ve discovered that if you don’t want chocolate milk accidentally spilled on your books, you should probably not leave them littered on every surface of your abode. So this afternoon in lieu of doing anything really productive, I sat and put my books away while Liam and Nolie watched Wow Wow Wubbzy!
Nolan quickly tired of [...]
A review of Rick Kupchella’s book by Cade, age 6
Cade climbed up onto the loveseat next to me, with two books in his arms.
“Here.” He pushed the books toward me. “You like books. You can have these.”
“Oh,” I read the titles and was surprised to see local TV news anchor Rick Kupchella’s name on the cover. “Who did you get these from?”
“I don’t know,” [...]
Bang Crunch
The first two stories in Neil Smith’s short story collection Bang Crunch were so punch-in-the-gut good that it caused me a bit of anxiety. Could he keep up this stellar pace? What if he does? What if the entire collection is this good? Will my heart be able to take it?
The first story “Isolettes” about [...]
Namechecked by Kathleen Turner
So I got a mention in Kathleen Turner’s memoir Send Yourself Roses. It is by far the weirdest, most random thing to happen to me up to this point.
This morning I got a lovely e-mail from a gentleman named Don who said this:
I’m one of the early reviewers for Kathleen Turner’s new book, Send Yourself [...]
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