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Book of the Week: The Death of Fidel Pérez, by Elizabeth Huergo

by The Editors

…el, fiction and history, prose and politics collide. We’re happy to announce that we’ll be giving away a copy of The Death of Fidel Pérez to three of our Twitter followers. To be eligible for this giveaway (and all future ones), simply click over to Twitter and “follow” us (@fictionwriters). To all of you who are already fans, thank you! Links and Resources: For more on this book, or information about Huergo’s other work, please visit the author’s…


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Love Letter to the Deckle Edge

by Celeste Ng

…pening a book can already feel like opening a gift. Armed with a knife and freeing the pages and the story hidden beneath the folds, it becomes something more, “a penetration of its secrets” and an act of discovery, shot through with a suggestion of violence and danger or of the painful gestation of the words themselves. This act of cutting open pages to read a book has been lost (one imagines the paper knife arrangement wouldn’t go over well with…


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The Museum of Innocence, by Orhan Pamuk

by T. M. De Vos

…ocialites all day at the Sanzelize boutique, fails her university entrance exams, and ultimately becomes a chain-smoking, though still beautiful, housewife. A potential answer might be found in an anecdote Kemal shares with us about himself as a youth with his distant cousin Füsun, twelve years younger, when they go out together, by chance, on an errand. They watch a lamb being sacrificed, and Kemal engages his driver in a discussion of Abraham’s…


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Postcards from Penguin: 100 Book Covers in a Box

by Celeste Ng

…eaning to read. You could tack them up above your desk as inspiration (“Note to Self: Write a book like The Great Gatsby“). Or you could frame them and hang them en masse to make great wall art. Image from Cornflower Books (http://www.cornflowerbooks.co.uk) Those in the UK have had access to these for a few months already. Stateside viewers can order from Penguin’s UK site (once they come back in stock) or wait until October, when they’ll be avail…


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Ann Patchett bests Stephen Colbert

by Celeste Ng

…wish I were cool enough to be friends with her!) But even so, I was surprised to see her talk Stephen Colbert into a corner. Watch below, and see if you aren’t convinced of the need for independent brick-and-mortar stores, too: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Ann Patchett www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive Further Reading: FWR reviews Ann Patchett’s most recent novel, Stat…


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Eliot Treichel

…Eliot Treichel is the author of the story collection, Close Is Fine, winner of the Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award. More info is available at www.eliottreichel.com….


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Frances and Bernard, by Carlene Bauer

by Ellen Prentiss Campbell

…uthor’s memoir Not That Kind of Girl recounts growing up in an evangelical community and, like Frances, coming of age and beginning a life of letters in New York City. Like Frances and Bernard, and like O’Connor and Lowell, Bauer cares passionately about questions of faith, writing, and love. A significant demand on both Bauer and her readers is posed by the larger-than-life personae of O’Conner and Lowell. Particularly in the first pages of her b…


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2010 Asian American Short Story Contest

by Celeste Ng

…to Hyphen and a one-year membership to AAWW, and one grand prize winner will also receive $1,000 and publication in Hyphen. The contest is open to all writers of Asian descent living in the United States and Canada, and there is no required theme. For full contest instructions, visit http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/shortstory. The deadline for submission is March 31st, 2010 (postmark deadline), and winners will be announced by June 16. Further Read…


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2010 Asian American Short Story Contest–DEADLINE EXTENDED

by Celeste Ng

…receive $1,000 and publication in Hyphen. Read our earlier post about the contest here, including previous grand prize–winning stories, and for full contest instructions, visit http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/shortstory. Hyphen also has some contest FAQs up on its blog. Happy writing, and don’t forget, the new deadline is April 12, 2010….


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The End of Borders: A Daily Show Perspective

by Celeste Ng

…y Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Borders Goes Out of Business www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook Happy Monday. As John Hodgman would put it, “You’re welcome.” Further Reading: Does the end of Borders mean the bookselling industry is dying? FWR contributing editor Joshua Bodwell offers a different perspective. MobyLives suggests the real take-home message of the Border…




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