Orange County Literacy Council: Writers for Readers Book and Author Luncheon

If you love good books and live in or near Orange County, the only place to be on February 20th is the Orange County Literacy Council’s 5th Annual Writers for Readers Book and Author Luncheon. The luncheon will feature Algonquin’s own Robert Goolrick, author of the New York Times best-seller A Reliable Wife, which has soldContinue reading

Algonquin Staff Picks of 2011

2011 was definitely a banner year for books. For this year’s roundup of our favorites, many of us selected Kevin Wilson’s hilarious and brilliant novel, The Family Fang. (Kevin, come back and visit us soon!) If you haven’t read it yet, be sure to add it to your list. Happy holidays and happy reading toContinue reading

Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Books They've Read in 2011, Part 2

Donia Bijan, author of Maman’s Homesick Pie This was the year of displaced persons. The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer. The untold story of Hungarian Jews forced to flee as Europe’s tragedy unfolds, renders the unthinkable poetic. Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin. The story of Eilis who leaves her small village in Ireland in the 1950’sContinue reading

Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Books of 2011 (Part 1)

Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow The Love Wife by Gish Jen: This novel takes us to the heart of the most complicated–and a complicating–American family. It broke my heart and then put it back together again. Last Seen by Jacqueline Jones Lamon: Sometimes poetry can take us somewhere that fiction just can’t. These poemsContinue reading

On Writing: Brock Clarke and Kevin Wilson

Brock Clarke and Kevin Wilson talk inspiration, performance art, unlikeable characters, Cormac McCarthy, short stories, and potato guns. Brock Clarke is the author of An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England and Exley. Kevin Wilson is the author of The Family Fang. Brock: First off: I love The Family Fang. ThisContinue reading

What We're Reading: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

“Art, if you loved it, was worth any amount of unhappiness and pain.”–Caleb and Camille Fang The cover of Kevin Wilson’s The Family Fang proudly displays a quote from bestselling author Ann Patchett: “The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour-de-force examination of what it means to make art and survive yourContinue reading

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