Algonquin Books can’t help but feel a special bond with Dorothy Parker and the members of the Algonquin Round Table, despite the fact that we are not, as many believe, named after the Algonquin Round Table. Parker is known for having one of the sharpest tongues of the era (she occupies two spots on theContinue reading

During these long, hot summer days, nothing feels quite so right as sitting down with a good book,  a chilled beverage at your side. We hand out suggestions about good books like candy, but I feel we’ve been lacking in the beverage department. To remedy that, today we have a recipe for the Mojito, courtesyContinue reading

No, not THAT kind of jam session. We’re talking about berry jam. Fresh-picked, home-made, sticky summer jam. Today, we have an excerpt about jamming from Heather Lende’s Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs. ________________________________________________________________ No matter how many summers I’ve done this, every time I make a batch of raspberry or blueberryContinue reading

Lucky you, today we have the first chapter of Mei-Ling Hopgood‘s memoir Lucky Girl. Adopted when she was a baby, Mei-Ling Hopgood grew up in the Midwest and was never really curious about her Asian roots. Then one day, when she was in her twenties, her birth family finally came calling–on the phone, on theContinue reading

Today we’re launching the revised and expanded edition of Stephen Goodwin’s Dream Golf: The Making of Bandon Dunes. What was originally  an exploration of the genius behind the British-style links built on the Oregon coast, is now supplemented by the story behind a new course, Old Macdonald, and the designer’s return to the rugged rootsContinue reading

Contrary to popular belief, not all writers sit in dark corners scribbling their serious, serious story about how gloomy and awful life is. Most writers use laptops now. Others, like George Singleton, forgo the expected, ho-hum gloom and doom stories and instead write dry, hilarious stories about eccentric characters and their bizarre run-ins with charactersContinue reading