Swati Avasthi is the co-curator (along with Heather Bouwman) of The Second Story Reading Series. This bi-monthly series features young adult and middle grade authors, pairing an emerging author with an established one. Swati is…
Posts tagged Toni Morrison
6 questions we always ask — Kate Ledger, novelist
I’m only 50 or so pages into Remedies by Kate Ledger so I can’t talk about how awesome the book is (yet). However, it does come with high praise from Dale, my writing teacher, which…
6 questions we always ask — Kaethe Schwehn, Fiction on a Stick contributor
This week we are celebrating Milkweed Editions’ publication of Fiction on a Stick, an anthology of stories by Minnesota writers, by featuring some of the contributors. Today we’ve got Kaethe Schwehn, who earned a B.A….
Book Links: The I was so busy making this list I let my pizza burn edition
Girl Detective reviews Will by Christopher Rush a novel about William Shakespeare (or as I call him in my head Willy Shakes) on his deathbed dictating his will to his lawyer. Over at Cracking Spines,…
Book Links: Maybe I’ll have my shit together next week edition
I know, I know, it’s interview Tuesday and you’re stuck with book links. What a rip off. But thing might be a bit hinky here on MN Reads for the next week or so. I…
Book Links: A new story by Lorrie Moore, Keillor on Palin, and more
Holy cannoli! The Guardian has new short story by Lorrie Moore called “Foes” that you can read right online. [via] MNSpeak’s bookclub has chosen Charles Schulz books for their December discussion. Personally, I recommend David…
On literary life lessons and books that change your life
The other day Mighty Girl, Maggie Mason wrote about the eight books that changed her. Since I read the post I’ve been thinking about what books have changed me, the ones that shook my foundation…