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Author Archives: Matt Borondy
Bookslut’s Little Sister and a Son’s Journey into His Father’s Life: Monday’s Margins
Posted in Book Rate Tagged Bookslut, Monday's Margins, Stephen Rodrick, Walter Mosley
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Interview: Heather Donahue, Author of Growgirl
“Free, right? That’s the best of our national brand. America: Home of the Babysat. Just doesn’t have the same ring.”
Posted in Author Interviews Tagged Blair Witch Project, Dogs, Growgirl, Heather Donahue, Marijuana, Memoirs, Mike Doughty
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Tragic Stories About Children, Nothing Gold Can Stay: Monday’s Margins
Author Q&A: Vanessa Veselka (Zazen)
5 Questions: Allworth Press Founder Tad Crawford on A Floating Life
Author Q&A: Anis Shivani (My Tranquil War and Other Poems)
10 Best Books I Didn’t Read in 2012
The top ten books that I didn’t read this year include Hitchens’ Mortality, Ron Rash’s The Cove, and Junot Diaz’s This Is How You Lose Her.
Posted in Book Rate Tagged Alix Ohlin, Ben Fountain, Best of 2012, Christopher Hitchens, Dave Eggers, Junot Díaz, Katherine Boo, Oliver Sacks, Ron Rash
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Holiday Book Shopping Guides, Best of 2012 Roundup: Monday’s Margins
Posted in Book Rate Tagged Best of 2012, Christmas, HTMLGiant, Michiko Kakutani, Monday's Margins
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Bruce, by Peter Ames Carlin: A Springsteen Biography
Peter Ames Carlin’s Bruce is the first Springsteen biography in 25 years to be written with complete access to the Boss.
Posted in Book Rate Tagged Biographies, Books Received, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Ames Carlin
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Interview: Michael Kimball, Author of Big Ray
Monday’s Margins: Happy Baby Movie, Hallelujah!
Stephen Elliott is making a Happy Baby movie (with your help), Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a religious experience, and the NY Times overlooks 25 good books.
Posted in Book Rate Tagged Christopher Hitchens, Elmore Leonard, Jack Kerouac, Leonard Cohen, Stephen Elliott
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Two or Three Things We Know About the 2012 National Book Award Finalists
The 2012 National Book Award winners will be announced November 14th. Here are some facts you should (or shouldn’t?) know about the finalists.
Posted in Book Rate Tagged Alan Shapiro, Anne Applebaum, Dave Eggers, Junot Díaz, Susan Wheeler
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Monday’s Margins: New David Foster Wallace, Self-Publishing Answers and NaNoWriMo Advice
Notable book releases for early November 2012, writing advice for NaNoWrimo and self-publishers, a memoir of the literary life by Michele Filgate, and more.
Posted in Book Rate Tagged Barbara Kingsolver, Charles Yu, David Foster Wallace, Jane Friedman, Lydia Millet, Michele Filgate, NaNoWriMo
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Live Questions from Dead Poets: Allen Ginsberg “Interviews” Tyler Stoddard Smith
“Now we’re both feeling shame, and I’ve panicked and stolen a Faulkner word. Maybe this is how poetry happens.”
Posted in Author Interviews Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Live Questions from Dead Poets, Tyler Stoddard Smith
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Interview: Author Dinty W. Moore on Mindfulness and Writing
“By pushing sentences, words, ideas, images, around on a page…we are trying to cut through the chatter, to recognize what is true.”
Posted in Author Interviews Tagged Buddhism, Dinty W. Moore, Editors, Essayists, Meditation, Zen
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