It’s not your typical immigrant tale. In Helene Wecker’s dazzling debut novel, two outsiders appear in New York City in 1899 – a creature made of clay brought to life by a disgraced rabbi, and a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert. The Golem and the Jinni weaves fairy tale and folklore […]
BIC Author Jennifer Lauck, author of Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found, Show Me the Way, Still Waters, and Found: A Memoir, was invited in May to lead a creative nonfiction workshop at the 2013 Write on the River conference in Wenatchee, WA. The workshop, titled “Compressing Time in Creative Nonfiction,” was designed to help […]
Sonia Nazario met with numerous former interviewees when she visited Harvard for a speaking engagement. The Crossing Borders: Immigration and Gender in the Americas conference invited Sonia to give the opening keynote
Catch an interview withChitra Banerjee Divakaruni as she discusses her latest novel with Raakhee Mirchandani of the New York Daily News.
Author Jamie Ford has become well-known in literary circles for his New York Times bestselling novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which is a popular choice with many book clubs, common reads, and all campus reads programs around the country. This September, you’ll have another reason to pay attention to him. His second novel, Songs of Willow Frost, will be published on September 10, 2013.
Within her novels, New York Times bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni brings to life the South Asian experiences, culture, and diversity in both America and India. Her latest novel, Oleander Girl, explores the conflicts between the old world and new, the difficulties of finding love in a broken world, and the courage needed when we travel to strange, unfamiliar lands.
This year, the Monroe County “One Book, One Community” wowed visiting author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni with their organization, planning, and community support. We asked Cheryl Johnston, one of the event’s co-chairs, to share some of the skills and tricks to pulling off a successful common read program.
Winter doldrums are no problem at St. Petersburg College, Florida, which hosted Garth Stein for a visit this March and is still feeling the excitement.
