Journalist Warren St. John made a name for himself in sports journalism, first as a reporter for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Slate, and more, and more recently as an author. His books include the national bestseller Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer (named one of the best books of 2004 by Sports Illustrated […]
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Traveler, explorer, photographer, and writer Ted Kerasote has crisscrossed the globe from Asia to Scandinavia, the North Hemisphere to the South, and from the Alps’ peaks to African savannahs. His books, essays, and photographs often deal with the complex relationships and interdependence of animals, people, and the natural environment, and have appeared in Audubon, National […]
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Catch an interview between Garth Stein, author of the NYT bestselling novel The Art of Racing in the Rain, and Rich Archbold. The two will share the stage tonight for the finale of this year’s Long Beach Reads One Book.
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This March, Garth Stein visited Hastings, Minnesota for this year’s Hastings Read, where his New York Times bestselling novel The Art of Racing in the Rain (and YA edition Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog) was the subject of this year’s community reading project. After meeting with almost six hundred students and […]
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Welcome to Bee Ridgway, author of the new novel The River of No Return! A Massachusetts native and a professor of American literature at Bryn Mawr College, she holds a doctoral degree in English literature from Cornell. In between, she has worked at Elle Magazine, chased down true love, and researched in the UK. The […]
Read More »This February, Garth Stein made a second visit to the Stafford Creek Corrections Center. The book club read and discussed Garth’s New York Times bestselling novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain.
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Andrew McCarthy returned to his roots this March by visiting Metuchen, near his childhood home of Westfield. The travel writer and actor is known both for his memoir The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down and such movies as Pretty in Pink. Find out more here. At the Metuchen […]
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Some essays are too good to let slide into the past. For your reading pleasure, check out David Treuer’s essay on “Going Native.” Here, he looks at how and why some writers create fake identities as Native Americans. David Treuer’s books include the nonfiction Rez Life, as well as novels The Hiawatha, The Translation of […]
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Long Beach Reads One Book is preparing for this year’s visit with Garth Stein, author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Art of Racing in the Rain. In the run-up to this year’s marquee author visit, the mayor announced The Art of Racing in the Rain with canine commentator Daisy. Catch it here. […]
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Welcome to Hillary Jordan, author of the exciting new novel When She Woke! After fifteen years as an advertising copywriter, Hillary Jordan turned to writing fiction. Her debut novel, Mudbound, won the 2006 Bellwether Prize for an unpublished debut novel dealing with social justice issues, a 2009 Alex Award, the 2008 NAIBA Fiction Book of […]
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