Is there anything lingering in your past that you deeply regret? How well do you know the people you love? Have you ever woken up, abandoned by the person who is supposed to take care of you? How far would you go to get them back? These are all questions Lin Enger brings to theContinue reading

As we head into the unofficial end of summer with Labor Day weekend, we wondered about which books captured our authors’ attention during the dog days. “My favorite book of the summer was James Salter’s All That Is.  Incredibly, Salter published this recent novel when he was 88 years old, and yet his writing isContinue reading

Algonquin authors, a spectacularly talented lot, are also exceptionally generous with their hard-earned writing advice. During the dog days of summer, even the most dedicated writer’s momentum can stall, so we’ve compiled another installment of Algonkian wisdom to help you keep going. Bill Roorbach, author of Life Among Giants and the forthcoming The Remedy forContinue reading

The BEA fun continues at Booth 839 with Friday’s signing with Lin Enger.  Preview his upcoming novel and discover the family history that inspired it with this excerpt from his essay in the Algonquin Reader. The High Divide by Lin Enger (signing at 11am Friday): “In 1883 my great-grandfather, a Norwegian immigrant, arrived in Dakota Territory toContinue reading

Here are excerpts from the Algonquin Reader essays by Lin Enger, Bill Roorbach and Brock Clarke: The High Divide by Lin Enger:  “In 1883 my great-grandfather, a Norwegian immigrant, arrived in Dakota Territory to homestead 160 acres of rolling prairie. A year later, according to family legend, the last wild buffalo east of the JamesContinue reading