Michael Bourne’s debut novel Blithedale Canyon, just dropped and our very own Rachel Barenbaum had a chance to chat with him about the novel, writing, and what he hopes readers will take away. Here we go… Michael, congratulations on the…
Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, A Movement, A Celebration, captures the iconic company’s fifty-year history. Written by Judy Tyrus, a dancer with the company for twenty-two years, and Paul Novosel, a company pianist for ten years—both of whom became…
Christine Simon’s delightful debut novel, The Patron Saint of Second Chances, is a story of survival. Welcome to the southern Italian town of Prometto, a “going nowhere place.” The population is dwindling, there is little to no tax revenue coming…
I’m writing this post about revision from inside a lion, because that’s what revision feels like–being eaten by a lion–and it’s rather dark in here. Hear me out: for months my 6-year-old has refused any and all bedtime reading that…
At some point in the past few weeks I started hearing the word “revision” in my head to the tune of “Tradition!” – the song that opens “Fiddler on the Roof.” “Revisiiiooooon! REVISION!” (Sorry.) Honestly it had more to do…
Annie Hartnett’s second novel, UNLIKELY ANIMALS, is the story of Emma, a med school dropout returning to her small New Hampshire hometown to take care of her father who is suffering from dementia. This funny and intricate novel weaves together…