2011
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Evan Fleischer: The Last Book I Loved, Assignment: Churchill
The last book I loved–the book I wanted to take to a sandbox and introduce to Woody Guthrie’s Bound for Glory where I could watch one send a Matchbox car through the sand and another a green soldier, one saying…
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America Pacifica
In a skillfully crafted post-apocalyptic world, Darcy, our young hero, searches for her missing mother in Anna North’s debut novel America Pacifica.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The future of public transportation is shaped like jellyfish. Amazing (and sort of gross) pictures of food. I’m sure you’ve always wondered why tarantulas poop silk out of their feet. Some dang old fish. Maybe it is time to reconsider…
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SMALL POTATOES:
Business As UsualSmall Potatoes by Paul Madonna Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
RIM’s woe cup runneth over: 1,000 BlackBerry Playbooks are being recalled due to the fact that they had the wrong version of the operating system. Did internet piracy help an un-kid-friendly bedtime story jump to the top of Amazon’s best-seller…
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“I Don’t Plan Before I Color.”
The San Francisco Chronicle profiles our own Wendy MacNaughton, whose latest piece you can view here.
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Everything Is Its Own Reward
Publisher’s Weekly has published a review of our very own Paul Madonna’s most recent book, Everything Is Its Own Reward, calling it “exquisite.” You can read the whole review here, and purchase Paul’s book here.
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Dzanc Wins
The 2011 Independent Book Awards (IPPYs) have been officially released and two Dzanc authors claimed gold and silver prizes for literary fiction. Hesh Kestin’s The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats tied for gold and Steven Gillis’ The Consequence of Skating…