Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff, a collection of short stories set in small-town Ohio, is the subject of an interview on NPR. Pollock talks about coming to writing slowly; he started by typing out stories he liked, so as to learn their structure and rhythms.Pollock will be in town reading from his book along … Continue reading Up and Coming
Oy Vey = Uff Da
Neal Karlen will be in the store at 3:00pm tomorrow (Sunday, April 13) to talk about his new book The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews. The event--like almost all our events--is free and open to the public. If you're impatient, you can get a sneak preview of his story … Continue reading Oy Vey = Uff Da
On the Road Exploded
Artist Stefanie Posavec has analyzed Jack Kerouac's On the Road, breaking it down by theme, by sentence length, and other such metrics. Then she has graphed the information. The results make for compelling viewing--at least as good as the book, for my money. Click on the images below to see more examples and to read … Continue reading On the Road Exploded
Musings from Magers and Quinn 