More than just a day for grilling outside in the summer-is-almost-here weather, Memorial Day is a time to remember fallen soldiers and their stories. Here are three books — a memoir, a novel and a history — that take us inside soldiers’ experiences, each in a different way, each completely memorable: Pumpkinflowers by Matti Friedman: ItContinue reading

  From everyone here at Algonquin, we wish you a happy Memorial Day weekend. If you need some holiday weekend reading, check out the excerpts from Robert Goolrick’s Heading Out to Wonderful that we’ve been running on our blog. Click to read the first one, the second one, the third one, plus the essay aboutContinue reading