Sherbill
Sara Sherbill is a writer with a focus on Jewish identity, mental health, and domestic violence. Her work has appeared in Slate, Tablet, The Forward, and elsewhere. She holds a degree in English literature and creative writing from Barnard College, and currently lives in Washington, D.C. with her family. There Was Night and There Was […]
Audrey Bellezza at Words Bookstore in Maplewood
Meet the co-author of EMMA OF 83RD STREET (with Emily Harding)/Gallery Books, details here. https://www.wordsbookstore.com/event/emma-of-83rd-street/
Karla Salinari’s new cookbook, ABUELA’S PLANT-BASED KITCHEN
Here are some images from the launch of Karla Salinari’s homage to her Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban family recipes, all made healthier in vegan versions that do not sacrifice flavor or texture.
Paper Valley: The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup, David Allen and Susan Campbell
Paper Valley “is a compelling human-interest tale on par with Erin Brockovich and Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action.” — Booklist When government scientist David Allen arrived at his new jobsite in the 1990s, the Fox River near Wisconsin’s Green Bay was dominated by hulking paper mills, noxious industrial odors, and widespread ecological damage. Confronted by his lack of […]
National Humanities Medal for Writers 2023
President Biden awarded National Humanities Medals to a group of writers including: Richard Blanco, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Walter Isaacson, Ann Patchett, Amy Tan, Tara Westover, and Colson Whitehead.
Audiobook sale for Cristina Nehring’s THE CHILD WHO NEVER SPOKE
We’re so pleased to share the good news. THE CHILD WHO NEVER SPOKE will be published by a wonderful small press, Heliotrope, in October 2023–and now there will also be an audiobook!
Goodreads giveaway!
Good news! Goodreads is doing a giveaway of early copies of EMMA OF 8RD STREET (Gallery Books), the clever and hilarious retelling of Austen’s Emma set in modern day Manhattan. Check out the details by clicking on the link below: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/361704-emma-of-83rd-street
THE LIBERALS: How American Learned to Tell the Truth, Beat the Fascists, and Create a Free World, by Joseph Kelly, Ph.D.
By Joseph Kelly, Ph.D., University of Charleston professor and author of MAROONED (Bloomsbury), THE LIBERALS takes readers to the culture wars of the ’20s and ’30s, revealing how a second generation of founders—activists, writers, artists, publishers, professors, jurists, and journalists—defeated the forces of fascism to save American democracy. (Bloomsbury, World rights)
THE CHILD WHO NEVER SPOKE: 23 1/2 Lessons in Fragility, Cristina Nehring
Essayist and author of A Vindication of Love Nehring’s remarkable tribute to her chromosomally-challenged little girl, Eurydice, who awakens a fiercely maternal love and teaches her–and us–about joy. (North American rights/Heliotrope Books/Fall 2023)
Exciting launch for POWER: The Rise of Black Women in America, Charity Elder
Sharing some photos from the launch for Charity Elder’s POWER: The Rise of Black Women in America (Skyhorse, October 2022). I’m so proud of Charity and her important book with its positive but also very realistic look at why it is a the right moment for Black women to assert their power.