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April 12, 2011

An Interview with Luanne Rice, Author of THE SILVER BOAT

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After 28 novels, a staggering feat for any established writer, Luanne Rice has returned with The Silver Boat, an emotional portrait of three sisters who revisit their Martha's Vineyard home, full of family ghosts and memories, one last time. In this interview, Rice discusses the real-life inspiration for her book, and how she too had to confront her family beach cottage after her mother's death.

Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of One Was a Soldier: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery

On a warm September evening in the Millers Kill community center, five veterans sit down in rickety chairs to try to make sense of their experiences in Iraq. What they will find is murder, conspiracy, and the unbreakable ties that bind them to one another and their small Adirondack town.

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Vincent van Gogh

Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art and more.
 

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Vincent van Gogh

Stephen Mallarme

It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.
 

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Stephen Mallarme

J.R.R. Tolkien, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.
 

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J.R.R. Tolkien, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

Katharine Graham

To love what you do and feel that it matters --- how could anything be more fun?
 

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Katharine Graham

Interview: Ian McEwan, author of Solar

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Ian McEwan's works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim, and he has won prestigious awards for ATONEMENT, SATURDAY and ON CHESIL BEACH. SOLAR

Author Talk: Michael Connelly, author of The Fifth Witness

Apr 8, 2011

Michael Connelly, perhaps best known as the creator of private investigator Harry Bosch, continues his Mickey Haller series with THE FIFTH WITNESS.

John Grogan, MARLEY AND ME

We could have bought a small yacht with what we spent on our dog and all the things he destroyed. Then again, how many yachts wait by the door all day for your return?
 

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John Grogan, MARLEY AND ME

Author Talk: Luanne Rice, author of The Silver Boat

Apr 8, 2011

After 28 novels, a staggering feat for any established writer, Luanne Rice has returned with THE SILVER BOAT, an emotional portrait of three sisters who revisit their Martha's Vineyard home, full of family ghosts and memories, one last time.