"I was in my 20s and also searching for meaning," Tommy Orange, author of There There, said in an interview with NPR's Lynn Neary, "And I wasn't a reader, so fiction was a super novel thing for me, and the novel itself was. And I just fell in love with it." This week's New Title Tuesday … Continue reading There There by Tommy Orange – New Title Tuesday
While waiting for Sherman Alexie's newest title, my Five Star Friday recommendation is War Dances, the 2010 winner of the Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction. While we have many titles of of his to choose from (see below), this collection of short stories, poems, and short works is one of my favorites. Publisher's Summary: Sherman Alexie delivers a … Continue reading Five Star Friday War Dances by Sherman Alexie
