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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." — Eleanor Roosevelt 1st BOOKS is hosted by MEG WAITE CLAYTON
bestselling author of four novels, including The Wednesday Sisters (a writing group novel), and The Wednesday Daughters (coming July 30!)
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Toni Morrison on Making Time to Write, among Other Things
President Obama, in presenting the Medal of Freedom to Toni Morrison on Tuesday, remarked that as a single mother she would carve out a little time in the evening to write, often with her two sons pulling on her hair … Continue reading
Camille Noe Pagán: Would I Steal these Scenes?
Last year I had the pleasure of hosting debut novelist Camille Noe Pagán when The Art of Forgetting, was published by Dutton. I’m delighted now to rerun her post to celebrate the release of the paperback version of this novel Library … Continue reading
Sandra Feder: “Champagne?”
Today’s guest author, Sandra Feder, has just published the chapter book, Daisy’s Perfect Word. It’s the first in a series, about which School Library Journal says, “Daisy’s irrepressible but realistic enthusiasm for life is charming and irresistable.” And Sandra’s story of … Continue reading
What kind of Bookworm belongs at the Cannes Film Festival?
Because I’m a book person who loves film (even though I’m generally disappointed in the movie version of any book I have loved), I turned with great excitement to “Cannes film festival set to honor the bookworm” in the Guardian. … Continue reading
Yejide Kilanko: Walking this Path
It’s always a special treat for me to host debut novelists like my shewrites.com pal Yejide Kilanko, whose evocatively-titled Daughters Who Walk This Path is just out from Penguin Canada. Yejide was born in Ibadan, Nigeria and majored in Political … Continue reading
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