Jill McCorkle‘s newest book, Going Away Shoes, is now available in paperback! People magazine gave the hardcover edition 4 stars, calling it “A remarkable collection . . . bold and addictive.” . If you live in the Chapel Hill area, head over to Flyleaf Books tonight to hear Jill read from Going Away Shoes andContinue reading

Jill McCorkle can pack a room. I had the pleasure of attending her reading last night, at her alma mater UNC Chapel Hill, where the fans turned out like it was a literary home game. I actually felt a little out of place without a copy of Going Away Shoes on my lap. The womanContinue reading

Monday, between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., on NPR’s All Things Considered, host Michele Norris will be interviewing Heidi Durrow on her new book, The Girl Who Fell From The Sky. So, while you’re driving home or making dinner or digging trenches (or doing whatever you do in the early evening), be sure to tuneContinue reading

Monday, between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., on NPR’s All Things Considered, host Michele Norris will be interviewing Heidi Durrow on her new book, The Girl Who Fell From The Sky. So, while you’re driving home or making dinner or digging trenches (or doing whatever you do in the early evening), be sure to tuneContinue reading

Please welcome our new intern, Susannah Long, who is writing today about Jill McCorkle’s Going Away Shoes.   Jill McCorkle has me thinking about shoes. Not styles and prices and the long-term benefits of arch-support, but more along the lines of, What are our shoes telling us? And what are they telling other people aboutContinue reading

Don’t want to give Dad a pair of GoldToe socks again this year? We don’t blame you. That’s why no matter who’s on your list, Algonquin has the perfect gift… For Her Going Away Shoes By Jill McCorkle Eleven short stories, full of longing and laughter, from the “guardian angel of short fiction.” The DinnerContinue reading