We continue our occasional series of customer reviews with The Poison Eaters by Holly Black. The book will be available in February. The Poison EatersHolly Black's novels for young adults combine, in a vivid and visceral way, folkloric raw material and the pangs of contemporary adolescence. Every tale in her new collection, The Poison Eaters, … Continue reading Citizen Review: The Poison Eaters
"After Verona"
Four of the authors in Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing--William Alexander, David Schwartz, Kelly Barnhill, and Alan DeNiro--are from from the Twin Cities. You can meet them Friday, January 29, 7:30pm, at M&Q. Details are here.To whet your appetite, here's the opening of one of the short stories from the collection, "After Verona" … Continue reading "After Verona"
Mr Postman
The Guardian reports on the latest stamps from Down Under. The set honors Aussie authors, including Peter (True History of the Kelly Gang) Carey, Thomas (Schindler's List) Keneally and Colleen (The Thorn Birds) McCullough I'm assuming most of the authors are pleased, but at least one--Bryce (The Power of One) Courtenay--is not impressed. He told … Continue reading Mr Postman
Musings from Magers and Quinn 