Charles Leerhsen as on this weekend's edition of NPR's sports show Only a Game, talking about his book Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America. The horse was a celebrity. He began his career by setting a world pacing record at the 1906 Minnesota State Fair and ended … Continue reading Some Horse
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"On paper I love him."
The New York Times profiled David Sedaris, but a good chunk of the article ended up being about his boyfriend Hugh Hamrick. I'm always curious about the folks I read about, so I was glad to see a picture of the pair. (I hadn't imagined that carpet in the Paris apartment of my dreams, however.)The … Continue reading "On paper I love him."
The Long Wait for The Road Home
After years of waiting for a major literary prize, Rose Tremain has won England's Orange Prize. The £30,000 award is given to recognize outstanding fiction by a female author. See newspaper coverage here, here, and here.Road Home is a moving account of Lev, a recent immigrant to the UK. By all accounts, his story is … Continue reading The Long Wait for The Road Home
Musings from Magers and Quinn 