We are excited to celebrate the publication of Randi Davenport’s memoir The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes, on sale now! Despite her son Chase’s diagnosis of autism, he attended school, loved to go boogie boarding, had a passion for music, and even won a blue ribbon at a science fair. But, at fifteen, he began exhibitingContinue reading
Today we have an excerpt from Lee Smith‘s collection of short stories, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stanger. Smith is the author of fifteen previous books of fiction—three collections of short stories and a dozen novels. The recipient of the 1999 Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she livesContinue reading
Today we have the first chapter of Maria Finn‘s new memoir, Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home. This selection is about Finn’s first tango lesson after her split from her cheating husband. She’s learning how to step and maintain her frame, but she’s also learning to be touched–not in a romantic way, but justContinue reading
Heidi Durrow‘s The Girl Who Fell From The Sky is featured this week on NPR’s What We’re Reading. See, there’s this librarian. And a bird-watching boy. And a strange man with a harmonica and a roof-top pigeon keeper. There’s a glamorous aunt and her philanthropic boyfriend. There’s a desperate little family and a desperate littleContinue reading
With almost the entire nation deep in this wintertime cold snap, today is the perfect on-sale date for the paperback edition of The New York Times bestseller A Reliable Wife, set in the bitter-cold winter of Wisconsin in 1909. Borders recently interviewed debut author Robert Goolrick–you can watch the interview here, and read the firstContinue reading
With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, we wanted to share a cocktail recipe from Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers. Following a celebratory evening and one too many glasses of champagne, what could be better than a New Year’s Day brunch, complete with a Bloody Mary–the traditional cure-all. Short-story writerContinue reading