The New York Times reports on the first reading by Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein. Foer read last night at Brooklyn's Freenlight Bookstore. "Mr. Foer said that Wednesday’s reading was the first he had ever done. 'You get to see my schtick before it gets honed,' he told the audience."The schtick is to … Continue reading Try to Remember
Discover New Fiction
Peter Grandbois reads from his novel Nahoonkara--Tuesday, March 15, at 7:30pm, at Magers & Quinn. "Peter Grandbois is a splendid writer I intend to follow very closely.”--Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize Winning author of A Good Scent From a Strange MountainSet simultaneously in the farm country of Wisconsin and a small mining town in the … Continue reading Discover New Fiction
Citizen Reviews: The Tiger’s Wife
We continue our occasional series of customer reviews with Ben Paulson's impressions of the debut novelist from the youngest author on last year's "20 under 40" list from The New Yorker.The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht It's difficult to find a synonym for the word nice that doesn't sound in some way backhanded. The term … Continue reading Citizen Reviews: The Tiger’s Wife
Musings from Magers and Quinn 