David Abrams's Blog, page 162
June 8, 2013
Soup and Salad: Book Riot podcast, New covers for old books, 10 Reasons Not to Be a Writer, Write what you don't know, Reading Raymond Carver in Safeway, Kevin Powers at Powell's, Searching for Norman Maclean's rivers, Henry Miller's 11 Commandments, "I th
On today's menu:
1. Need some quick-witted, up-to-the-minute book chatter to listen to during your commute, or on your lunch break, or while you're lounging on the beach in Cancun sipping a cocktail out of a coconut? I've got just the thing for your ears! My Book Riot pals Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky have started a new podcast and it's pretty damn fantastic. They're only four episodes deep, but I'm already hooked. Book Riot's podcast now joins Brad Listi's Ot...
Soup and Salad: Book Riot podcast, New covers for old books, 10 Reasons Not to Be a Writer, Write what you don't know, Reading Raymond Carver in Safeway, Kevin Powers at Powell's, Searching for Norman Maclean's rivers, Henry Miller's 11 Commandments, "I th
On today's menu:
1. Need some quick-witted, up-to-the-minute book chatter to listen to during your commute, or on your lunch break, or while you're lounging on the beach in Cancun sipping a cocktail out of a coconut? I've got just the thing for your ears! My Book Riot pals Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky have started a new podcast and it's pretty damn fantastic. They're only four episodes deep, but I'm already hooked. Book Riot's podcast now joins Brad Listi's Ot...
Soup and Salad: Book Riot podcast, New covers for old books, 10 Reasons Not to Be a Writer, Write what you don't know, Reading Raymond Carver in Safeway, Kevin Powers at Powell's, Searching for Norman Maclean's rivers, Henry Miller's 11 Commandments, "I th
On today's menu:
1. Need some quick-witted, up-to-the-minute book chatter to listen to during your commute, or on your lunch break, or while you're lounging on the beach in Cancun sipping a cocktail out of a coconut? I've got just the thing for your ears! My Book Riot pals Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky have started a new podcast and it's pretty damn fantastic. They're only four episodes deep, but I'm already hooked. Book Riot's podcast now joins Brad Listi's Ot...
Soup and Salad: Book Riot podcast, New covers for old books, 10 Reasons Not to Be a Writer, Write what you don't know, Reading Raymond Carver in Safeway, Kevin Powers at Powell's, Searching for Norman Maclean's rivers, Henry Miller's 11 Commandments, "I th
On today's menu:
1. Need some quick-witted, up-to-the-minute book chatter to listen to during your commute, or on your lunch break, or while you're lounging on the beach in Cancun sipping a cocktail out of a coconut? I've got just the thing for your ears! My Book Riot pals Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky have started a new podcast and it's pretty damn fantastic. They're only four episodes deep, but I'm already hooked. Book Riot's podcast now joins Brad Listi's Ot...
Soup and Salad: Book Riot podcast, New covers for old books, 10 Reasons Not to Be a Writer, Write what you don't know, Reading Raymond Carver in Safeway, Kevin Powers at Powell's, Searching for Norman Maclean's rivers, Henry Miller's 11 Commandments, "I th
On today's menu:
1. Need some quick-witted, up-to-the-minute book chatter to listen to during your commute, or on your lunch break, or while you're lounging on the beach in Cancun sipping a cocktail out of a coconut? I've got just the thing for your ears! My Book Riot pals Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky have started a new podcast and it's pretty damn fantastic. They're only four episodes deep, but I'm already hooked. Book Riot's podcast now joins Brad Listi's Ot...
Soup and Salad: Book Riot podcast, New covers for old books, 10 Reasons Not to Be a Writer, Write what you don't know, Reading Raymond Carver in Safeway, Kevin Powers at Powell's, Searching for Norman Maclean's rivers, Henry Miller's 11 Commandments, "I th
On today's menu:
1. Need some quick-witted, up-to-the-minute book chatter to listen to during your commute, or on your lunch break, or while you're lounging on the beach in Cancun sipping a cocktail out of a coconut? I've got just the thing for your ears! My Book Riot pals Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky have started a new podcast and it's pretty damn fantastic. They're only four episodes deep, but I'm already hooked. Book Riot's podcast now joins Brad Listi's Ot...
June 7, 2013
Friday Freebie: The Son by Philipp Meyer
Congratulations to Jodi Paloni, winner of last week's Friday Freebie, the double-book prize package of Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt and The Glass Wives by Amy Sue Nathan.
This week's book giveaway is
The Son
, the new novel by Philipp Meyer that is earning scads of praise, including this from NPR: "One of the most solid, unsparing pieces of American historical fiction to come out this century...The Son is vast, brave and, finally, unstoppable." It's a big book (561 pages), but in...
June 4, 2013
Trailer Park Tuesday: Apology by Jon Pineda
Welcome to Trailer Park Tuesday, a showcase of new book trailers and, in a few cases, previews of book-related movies.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call a perfect book trailer. The video for Jon Pineda's debut novel
Apology
does everything right. It's a perfect alignment of marketing elements: expertly filmed, long enough without being too long, loaded with blurbs (but not too many), and spiked with teasing hints of plot and character which reveal just enough to set the...
June 3, 2013
My First Time: Jessica Anya Blau
My First Time is a regular feature in which writers talk about virgin experiences in their writing and publishing careers, ranging from their first rejection to the moment of holding their first published book in their hands. Today’s guest is Jessica Anya Blau, author of the just-released novel The Wonder Bread Summer (which was previously featured at the blog here ). Her novel Drinking Closer to Home was called "unrelentingly side-splittingly funny." It was fe...
June 2, 2013
Sunday Sentence: All That Is by James Salter
Simply put, the best sentence(s) I've read this past week, presented out of context and without commentary.
He liked to read with the silence and the golden color of whiskey as his companions.
All That Is by James Salter
