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Author Talk: Ann Packer, author of Swim Back to Me: Stories

Apr 15, 2011

Ann Packer, the bestselling author of THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER and SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, has written her second collection of stories, SWIM BACK TO ME.

April 14, 2011

Susan Isaacs: AS HUSBANDS GO

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Susan Isaacs shares a personal essay about writing As Husbands Go, now available in paperback. You can win a copy by entering here.

Ann Richards

If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don’t, you’re simply ducking your responsibilities.
 

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April 13, 2011

Book Group Spotlight: THE GREAT APES

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Stephen Fry, THE LIAR

An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
 

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Stephen Fry, THE LIAR
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.

Vincent van Gogh

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

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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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Stephen Mallarme

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

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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