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August 1, 2015
How to Advertise Yourself Effectively
by Devyani Borade Your dream magazine, with its worldwide readership, vast inexhaustible coffers, quick acceptance-to-publication turnarounds and generous word counts, is probably just that—a dream. So you decide to compromise: you can live with lower pay rates, slow issue releases, and tight space constraints. But if it ain’t being seen by the right people, what’s…
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June 21, 2015
Book Review by Julie: In the Company of Educated Men by Leonce Gaiter
by Julie Earhart-Cracchiolo Back in 2005, I reviewed Leonce Gaiter’s Bourbon Street, a literary noir about the darker side of New Orleans’ most infamous street. Back then, I wrote of Gaiter’s debut novel, “Oh that voice trumpets loud and long of a new talent surfacing in the literary world.” Somewhere along the way, I missed a…
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June 12, 2015
Book Review by Julie: The Medici Boy by John L’Heureux
by Julie Earhart-Cracchiolo John L’Heureux’s novel about one of the world’s greatest artists who ever lived, Donatello, is a deeply complex and fascinating portrayal of life in Renaissance Italy. L’Heureux, who did much of the research for this story in Florence, takes readers on a fascinating trip to the 15th century. Most of the story takes…
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June 9, 2015
Top 12 Sure-Fire Ways to Make Yourself an Unpopular Freelance Writer!
by Devyani Borade Virginia Howard, editor of Thema, has done it. Linda Formichelli of TheRenegadeWriter.com recently did it. Angela Hoy, editor of Writers Weekly does it all the time. What is it? “It” is riff about how a writer messed up big time. Most editors are calm, sensible, well-balanced people. They need to be, if…
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June 2, 2015
Book Review: “Lost Cain” by T. Daniel Wright
By Michele Trice This first novel by T. Daniel Wright feels like a slow Southern summer afternoon – warm and familiar. Even if you didn’t have the privilege of growing up Southern, you’ll soon feel as if you did, as if the characters in Lost Cain were old friends you hadn’t thought about in years.…
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April 26, 2015
Left Bank Books shortlisted for Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year
by Lauren Wiser Left Bank Books has been shortlisted for the Publishers Weekly 2015 Bookstore of the Year Award, which highlights singular achievements in the bookselling industry. The list, which was released this morning, includes Left Bank Books; Books & Books in Miami, FL; McLean & Eakin Booksellers in Petoskey, MI; Powell’s Books in Portland, OR;…
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April 24, 2015
Book Review by Julie: Hangman by Chris Bohjalian
by Julie Earhart-Cracchiolo Probably the scariest book I have ever read is Stephen King’s Misery. Now I must say that one of Chris Bohjalian’s earliest novels, Hangman, is taking the number two slot. That pushes Bohjalian’s novel The Night Strangers to third place, if anyone cares. Published in 1991,Hangman is Bohjalian’s second published novel. It’s…
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April 23, 2015
St. Louis native and Webster alum Spalding discusses new YA novel
by Lauren Wiser Left Bank Books presents author Amy Spalding, who will sign and discuss her young adult novel, Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys) (Poppy Books, April 2015), on Saturday, April 25, 4pm, at Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid). Kissing Ted Callahan is Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist meets Easy A, a hilariously…
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April 22, 2015
How to Deal with Overzealous Editors
by Devyani Borade Take an egg. It can be consumed raw. But it is as likely to poison you as it is to satiate your hunger. So the chef drops the egg into hot water. A boiled egg is delicious. The shell is peeled away and the flesh is full of yummy goodness. The chef…
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April 19, 2015
Book Review by Julie: 2 a.m. at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
by Julie Earhart-Cracchiolo This is one of the times that two things went wrong. First I wanted to read this book based solely on its title. Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Second, I kept reading and reading, expecting/hoping that it would get better and end up being a wonderful read. Well, I was wrong on both counts.…
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