100 years of The Great Gatsby, Part 2
Following up on 100 years of The Great Gatsby, Part 1 – My Great Gatsby, the second part continues to celebrate the book’s 100th anniversary with more reflections and references … Read More
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100 years of The Great Gatsby, Part 1
If you’re reading this because your paper is due tomorrow and the search engine, with its black magic, spitted out our site among the first ten hits, you are out … Read More
AI and Writing: Historical Fiction
Following up on previous posts about historical fiction and non-fiction, such as The three sisters and historical fiction, History through food, and Historical cookbooks, let’s take a look at the … Read More
Speaking of Jitters: Hosting Public Events
When I read the previous two posts about the anxiety and challenges of speaking in public, it occurred to me that not every public speaking situation involves an author expected … Read More
Poetry Reading vs. Writing
There’s such a difference between writing poetry and then reading it aloud. When I’m writing, I’m not paying attention to anything. It’s just me locked away in my room when … Read More
Writing and Public Speaking
When I first started writing books, I didn’t really think about what happens after the book is published – the necessity of having to promote and (gasp!) give talks and … Read More
Gimlet slip: history, mystery, and NYC
Have you ever walked by a building or a famous landmark wondering what kind of secrets are hiding in its history? One of those that locals tend to avoid unless … Read More
Drunkalogue: A journey from addiction to redemption
As the librarian-subject specialist for Alcohol Studies since 2007, I have read my share of drunkalogs when purchasing memoirs and autobiographies related to addictive behaviors for the collection for a … Read More
James Baldwin and his Lasting Legacy
I must admit that I didn’t know much about James Baldwin or his work before entering the James Baldwin Centennial: Native Son, Global Voice exhibit at Alexander Library. I’d heard of his … Read More
Imagining Sisyphus happy: About the Neimark Fund
The point of our Books We Read blog posts is to make the reader think of something “more” about the book, whether good or bad, as the blogger, to some … Read More