Remember the confounding Nobel Prize for Literature this year? Frenchman Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won. Almost no one in the States knew who he was, and his English translations of his books were few and hard to find. But now Curbstone Press has come through with a reprint of Clezio's novel Wandering Star. We've got … Continue reading At long last, Clezio
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Like Little People
Alba Ballard loved her parrots. And what's more, she loved dressing them up. She sewed costumes for them and built sets so they could reenact scenes from movies and TV shows of the sixties and seventies. Sonny and Cher, Liberace, Bonnie and Clyde--she covered them all.Photos of Alba's work are collected in the book Mrs. … Continue reading Like Little People
Keeping It Local
I haven't yet been able to track down a copy and confirm this with my own eyes, but Magers and Quinn is the setting for part of Alison McGhee's latest young adult novel Julia Gillian (And the Art of Knowing). McGhee tells School Library Journal,"Magers & Quinn? It’s my favorite bookstore. I set the story … Continue reading Keeping It Local
Musings from Magers and Quinn 