Month: June 2007

Interview: Louis Theroux, Author

Louis Theroux hangs out with unusual people. He spends time with pimps, Neo-Nazis, porn performers, UFO believers, cultists, and folks that enjoy life outside the mainstream. Fascinated by sub-cultures, Theroux probably throws a helluva cocktail party. Born in Singapore to American novelist Paul Theroux and his British wife Anne Castle, Theroux holds dual American-British citizenship.…

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Will Allison to Appear at Square Books

  Will Allison is scheduled to appear today at Square Books in Oxford, MS. There will be a signing/reception at 5pm and a reading from his new novel, What You Have Left, at 5:30pm. Call 1-800-648-4001 for more information or if you want to have them mail a signed copy to your home. I’ve picked up…

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Tumble Home Taken

A lucky reader in New York City claimed the free copy of Amy Hempel’s Tumble Home. Thanks to everyone who emailed.

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Free Hempel Book Available

I have an extra copy of Amy Hempel’s amazing Tumble Home: A Novella and Short Stories. The first person who emails me gets the free book. Be sure to include “Free Tumble Home” in the subject line of your email. And obviously include your mailing address. Good luck!

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Interview: Matt Diehl, Author

When we typically think of controversial books, we envision lurid exposes of deceased royalty. We picture tell-all memoirs from well-connected upper class madams naming the names of their famous clientele. We see stacks of books about global warming, economic theory, the war on terror, or examinations of political administrations.  However, the controversy doesn’t need to…

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