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Hakawati Review
My review of Rabih Alameddine's enchanting novel, The Hakawati, appears in this month's issue of Words Without Borders. A short excerpt of the review here:More than three quarters of the way into the...
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Reading, Bluestockings, Saturday at 7
If you're in NYC: please brave the storm tomorrow and come see me read at Bluestockings on Allen Street. I'll start at 7. Old friends and family will be there; I'm so excited to see them and to meet...
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Readings
...were so fun! I'd never been to Boston; it was great to meet Smoki Bacon and do an interview for the Literati Scene...Followed by a walk down Newberry...Ending at the Public Library, where I...
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Short Story Love
Just realized that yesterday's NYT Book Review was all about short story collections-- Annie Proulx's, Sana Krasikov's, Anne Enright's, and Claire Keegan's. Very exciting...
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Another review
This one from BookBrowse:Coming-of-age themes are common, but the intelligent narration provides more than enough interest to sustain the momentum. Rare is the book that makes one stay up to finish it;...
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Homecoming
I'll be reading at BookPeople tomorrow, Thursday, at 7PM- I can't wait to see all my Austin peeps! I wrote the novel in TX, in and around Austin, and this will be a homecoming of sorts. I can't wait....
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Austin
On my way out to the reading, I found a slip of paper slid under my hotel room door warning me about Ike. Ike was possibly coming to town, and I was possibly going to come home to a hotel without...
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A Deuce Reading
I'm reading in An Arbor in less than seven hours. At the Shaman Drum Book Store. If you're a Michigan reader, please come!UPDATE: That was possibly the best reading ever. I think the presence of Mr....
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Califor-mya-mya
I'm leaving for three book tour stops in CA. I'm excited to see Make/Shift Magazine friends, blog BFFs, and old friends. If you're around, I hope you'll come! Details:LASeptember 17Skylight Books1818...
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Bewteen The Lines Interview
I recently did a radio interview with Valerie Jackson for the Atlanta NPR radio show, Between the Lines. You can listen to it here.
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The California leg of the tour was fabulous!I got to see lots of old friends and meet email pals I'd never met in real life. & It was so much fun to read to new faces. Yay!
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Garlic Goodness
When I first moved to Michigan, I discovered a rich garlic dipping cream at a catered event, at which we were served Arabic food. I'd never seen, heard of, or tasted the cream before, so I did a little...
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A Map of Home in the Christian Science Monitor
The novel receives a really nice review today in the CSM. Here's the first paragraph: Home is where the heart is. There’s no place like home. Home sweet home. Randa Jarrar takes all the sappy, beloved...
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Egyptian "Free" Speech, and Women Speaking Freely
Newspaper editor Ibrahim Issa has been sent to the slammer for publishing "rumors" that President Mubarak is sick. So much for free press in Egypt.AndSuheir Hammad and Gloria Steinem discuss guarding...
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A Map of Home in Taiwan!
My novel just found a home at Locus, a prestigious Taiwanese publishing house. I'm really excited!
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Dzanc Books Write-A-Thon
Please consider participating in Dzanc Book's Write-A-Thon, the details of which can be found here. It's a noble cause! Dzanc Books is a non-profit which publishes awesome books, & works nationally...
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Mulokhiyya Body Wash
I've always loved the smell of Mr. Rockslinga's body wash, but I never knew why the scent seemed so familiar. Reading the contents a few minutes ago, I laughed out loud when I saw the words "Mallow...
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Reminder: Reading tonight at 6 at MOCAD
I'm reading at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit at 6 tonight with Michael Kimball and Lynn Crawford. Hope to see you there!
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Le Clézio defends American literarture
From Newsweek: In an impromptu press conference today at the headquarters of Gallimard, the most prestigious publishing house in 20th Century French literature, housed in a tiny enclave of left bank...
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