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Sarah Jio: Career Life Balance … and Silencing the Naysayers
When I first met Sarah Jio - at the Pulpwood Queens Weekend in January of last year - she had both a new baby and a new book along with her (and a very …
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Jane Austen Drinking a Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino
I know, I know. Caramel. Crunch. Or maybe it's the Mocha Cookie Crumble that has your number. No doubt Jane Austen would have gone for the crunch rather than, …
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Chaucer's Books, Santa Barbara CA
an old-style bookstore with as many books as will fit, and booksellers who know books There is a reason so many authors - Sue Grafton, Fannie Flagg, Ross …
Joan Steinau Lester: A journal full of poetry and frustration, in equal measure
Joan Steinau Lester's second novel, Mama's Child released yesterday. Alice Walker calls it "an astonishing accomplishment … riveting art," and it's an …
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Good News for Mother's Day, Good News for Goodread-ers, and Other Good News!
So much good news to smush in to one post, so I'll be brief lest I not get through this all before Mother's Day: 1. Target has chosen The Wednesday Sisters as a …
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Caroline Leavitt Throws Stones at Her Own Characters – a 1st Books Interview
The New York Times Modern Love column had already turned her down twenty times, but no matter: she lobbed in another submission—about her pet tortoise. And when …
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Your One Wild and Precious Life
On this last day of National Poetry Month, I'm keeping in mind two quotes from Mary Oliver. The first comes from her National Book Award acceptance …
Book Passage in Corte Madera, and at the Ferry Building, too
If you're in the San Francisco Bay area and don't know about Book Passage, let me bend your ear for a minute. This fabulous store, started by Elaine Petrocelli …
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Five Facebook Tips for Authors and Others (or "Being Generous Always Feels Better than Being Jealous")
Having only recently learned to size my Timeline photos 403x403 square only to find that no longer works with the new face of Facebook timeline--or at least not …
