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BEA 2013: Lian Dolan: Tapping the Bard
It’s no wonder that Lian Dolan, author of Elizabeth the First Wife (Prospect Park Books, May) has infused her romantic comedy novel with Shakespearean themes: she’s been reading and seeing Shakespeare’s plays since the second grade in Fairfield, Conn.; took field trips with her middle school class to watch “Shakespeare in the Park” in New York; and was deeply inspired by the one-year Shakespeare course she took at Pomona College that included student performances of the Bard’s work.
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BEA 2013: Rita Williams-Garcia Continues a Family Saga
“Family stories are how we remember,” says Rita Williams-Garcia.
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BEA 2013: Larry Watson: Back to the Future
Since a fancy pen is more powerful than any sword, Larry Watson will sign copies of Let Him Go (Milkweed, Sept.) today at Table 3 in the Autographing Area, 1–2 p.m., with the same Waterman pen he used the last time he was at this annual booksellers convention.
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BEA 2013: Mika Brzezinski: Weighty Issues
When it comes to eating habits and body image, you might not think that someone who is too thin would have much in common with someone who is grossly overweight, but that’s the conclusion MSNBC Morning Joe cohost Mika Brzezinski came to when she and her good friend and co-writer Diane Smith embarked on a journey together to confront their obsession with food.
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BEA 2013: Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Write
As a young girl, Elizabeth Gilbert was forbidden to touch a family heirloom that belonged to her great grandfather, a 1784 edition of Captain Cook’s voyages around the world.
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BEA 2013: Hoffman Meets New Challenges
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman got involved with fund-raising for breast cancer research following her own bout with the illness 15 years ago.
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Rutu Modan: Family Fictions
Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan, best known for her Eisner Award winning 2008 graphic novel Exit Wounds (D&Q), returns with a new graphic novel called The Property.
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Rebel With a Cause: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
“It’s all right; I’m a Unitarian,” says Elizabeth Marshall Thomas as we settle into chairs in front of the altar of the Unitarian Universalist First Parish Church in Cambridge, Mass., to talk.
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Life at the End of the Day: Sue Halpern
It is a raw, windy morning in late April in Vermont, but at least it’s not snowing, as it did, according to locals, three times the previous week.
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Not Your Summer Camp: Anton DiSclafani
On an ordinary January day, which was also the day after Anton DiSclafani’s manuscript went out on submission, she received some extraordinary news.
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Meet Montaro Caine
Over the last 30 years, revered Academy Award–winning actor, director, activist, gentleman, and author Sidney Poitier has examined his life at different periods.
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Too Angry to Pray? Ian Punnett
Ian Punnett writes what he knows.
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Enjoying the Work of God: Patty Kirk
Patty Kirk's Christian equation used to look like this: Duty + Guilt = Spiritual Value.
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The Wisdom of Islam: Jamal Rahman
Imam Jamal Rahman describes the spiritual life as a quest to become "a more complete human being."
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Everyday Spirituality: Mary Hayes Grieco
Two decades ago, when she published The Kitchen Mystic, (Hazeldon, 1992), Mary Hayes Grieco got the feeling it was a book that would be with her for a long time.
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Helping the Living Help the Dying: David Swanson
For David Swanson, Everlasting Life (Baker Books, June) is the book he's always wanted to write. As senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, Fla., he's been in many situations involving dying and grieving people.
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One Mother to Another: Caryn Rivadeneira
Caryn Rivadeneira has had her struggles as a mother of three. She's been short-tempered, locked herself in a room to avoid the kids, and stood by and watched while her child had a major meltdown. Haven't we all?
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American Classic: Philipp Meyer
The Son, Philipp Meyer's epic American multigenerational second novel, out this June from Ecco.
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Writing What She Knows: Jeannette Walls
It’s easy to dispense with the usual formalities with Jeannette Walls. Even upon first meeting, Walls, 53, feels like an old friend. Our interaction is not so much a formal interview, but, rather, a lively conversation about her new novel, The Silver Star (Scribner, June).
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