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A Bookseller's Tale

A Bookseller's Tale

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A discussion of books, authors, politics, and my experiences as an online independent bookseller.

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  • 2008 Prison Writing Contest: A Reading

    Posted on Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 at 13:07 in , on reading

    PEN America Center posted this on their site: Cat Radio Cafe hosts a reading in celebration of the 2008 Prison Writing Contest. Marie Ponsot, Sapphire, Jackson Taylor, Michael Keck, Ennis Smith, Steven Hobbs, and Claudia Menza read from the winning ...

  • Rachel Maddow to have a show?!

    Posted on Saturday July 19th, 2008 at 14:03 in

    I've been saying this for a while now. Now the times confirms my suspicions that Rachel Maddow, of Air America fame, is on the short list for a show on MSNBC. From NYTimes by JACQUES STEINBERG: "Now in Living Rooms, the Host Apparent" — â€...

  • New Book about Black Women Writer's of Science Fiction

    Posted on Friday July 18th, 2008 at 15:29 in , on reading

    Don't know how this book is since I haven't gotten it for myself yet. The idea of is is sound though.Afro-Future Females: Black Writers Chart Science Fiction's Newest New-Wave Trajectory It is the first critical anthology to address the "blackne...

  • The Helix Boycott

    Posted on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 18:59 in

    I go away for a few days and come back to a full boycott. Cool! It seems that Helix magazine decided to say a few choice racist words to an author in a rejection letter. In the days before blogs, what's an unknown author to do. Just suck it up, that'...

  • NPR Reviews 3 Great Women Writers

    Posted on Thursday July 10th, 2008 at 09:52 in , on reading

    NPR reviewed the new books from three great women writers: "Wild Nights!" by Joyce Carol Oates, "The Stone Gods" by Jeanette Winterson, and "Lavinia" by Ursula K. Le Guin. From All Things Considered by Alan Cheuse — Joyce Carol Oates reimagin...

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