Notable NYC: 6/9–6/15
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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Posts Tagged: Andrew McCarthy
Notable Twin Cities: 4/9-4/15
Sunday 4/9: Jenny Swartout will be signing copies of her book The Little One Behind the Badge. Barnes and Noble Edina, 1 p.m., free. Annie Meehan will be signing copies of her new book Be the Exception: Your 7 Steps to Transformation. Barnes and Noble St. Paul, 2 p.m., free. Monday 4/10: Doctor and author Dr. Sharad P. Paul, MD, will […]
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Is Gender F***ing with Our Fantasies?
To lift the censorship, degradation, and foreclosure of girls’ fantasies, we may have to investigate the gendered limitations on how we think about early loves, impulses, celebrity crushes, and maybe, sexually stirring gentleman pirates.
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At the NYT Sunday Book Review, Cheryl Strayed reviews Andrew McCarthy’s new memoir, The Longest Way Home. “If I had to cut out the heart of this book, that’s where I’d put the knife, on that boy in the snow on that dark night long ago. It’s an intimate realization that glimmers with universality and sets […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy, likely best known to you as a member of the iconic Brat Pack, with his roles in Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo’s Fire, has forged a second career as a travel writer. Out with a new memoir, The Longest Way Home, about traveling as a way to settle down, McCarthy touches on issues of fatherhood and commitment.
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