In our afternoon reading: interviews with Louise Erdrich and Mark Frost, the contributors for the anthology “A Shadow Map,” and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Louise Erdrich, Helena Fitzgerald Nonfiction, Mike Watt’s Live Album, and More
In our afternoon reading: great books by indigenous authors, nonfiction by Brandon Taylor and Helena Fitzgerald, thoughts on a Mike Watt live album, and more.
Afternoon Bites: “The Assistants” Excerpted, Louise Erdrich Interviewed, Scott McClanahan Nonfiction, and More
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Camille Perri’s new novel, interviews with Louise Erdrich and Rob Hart, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Louise Erdrich Interviewed, Hilton Als, Jac Jemc Nonfiction, Garth Greenwell, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Louise Erdrich, new nonfiction from Hilton Als and Garth Greenwell, and more.
#tobyreads: Portraits of Places
I’m speaking metaphorically here, in some cases. There’s certainly some geography involved here, and more than a little time, but either way: the trio of books I’m discussing today all veer in on a particular place, sometimes in time, sometimes not. And that sense of place is indeed neatly captured and relayed via the page in all three cases, with impressive results.
The National Book Award Is Behind the Counter: Minneapolis’s Birchbark Books and Native Arts
It should surprise few that, when visiting a city other than my own, I like to make it out to at least one bookstore. That’s how I came to be standing in Minneapolis’s Birchbark Books and Native Arts over the weekend, an air-conditioned oasis on a brutally humid day.