Happy Publication Day to New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein! And it’s a happy day, indeed, as The Explanation for Everything has been tabbed for both Amazon’s Best Books of the Month for September and Flavorwire’s 10 Must-Read Books for September. The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein There is nothing inherently threatening aboutContinue reading

Lauren Grodstein has a way of getting inside her characters’ angst and the big issues of our lives that is entertaining and illuminating. She did this with page-turning success in The New York Times bestseller, A Friend of the Family. And she’s done it again in her hotly anticipated new novel… The Explanation for EverythingContinue reading

What to Read in 2013 With the New Year come new books from some of Algonquin’s classic authors. Dive into wonderful works from the likes of Lee Smith, Robert Morgan, Jill McCorkle, Amy Stewart, and more. You can buy these Lucky 7 e-books for just $1.99 throughout January—and each one comes with a special previewContinue reading

This summer I’m revisiting Sinclair Lewis, whom despite being the first American writer awarded the Nobel, along with the first to refuse the Pulitzer, seems to have fallen out of vogue in recent decades, but appears to be making a comeback, along with Thomas Wolfe. For my money, Lewis is the quintessential Great American Novelist.Continue reading