Prize-winning ZZ Packer releases short story collection
ZZ Packer, author of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, unveils her new short story collection with Riverhead Books releasing in March. The piece covers her rise from Yale and Iowa to Stanford, the bidding war for rights after the New Yorker debut, and her disciplined writing process and upcoming novel about buffalo soldiers set in 1866.
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Oryx and Crake offers a bleak near future vision beyond comparison
Margaret Atwood builds a disturbing world set 60 to 70 years ahead where humanity collapses and a few engineered beings endure. Snowman, the last apparent human, recalls Crake and Oryx while a decayed pleebland society meets disease, pollution, and a collapsing ethical world.
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Notable Books List From A Reading Shelf
A reader’s compilation features titles across genres and eras. Notable entries include An Unfinished Life by John F. Kennedy Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand and The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith among others.
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Northwood Arts Night with Three Voices and guests
NH Writers Project invites readers to a music poetry and lake moosilaukee inspired event at Northwood Theater Workshop with Diana Durham Maren Tirabassi Christopher Cote Adi Rule and Neil English at 7 30 p m Saturday Tickets 8 or 6 by phone or email Reserved seats fill quickly Nominations open for 2003 New Hampshire Literary Awards with five categories and 25 fee due by July 15 ceremony Oct 24 at NHIA Rebecca Rule reviews books for Herald Sunday.
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Earthlink
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New Hampshire Institute of Art
Fried Butter Memoir Draws Food and Life Together
Abe Opincar’s food memoir blends vivid memories with dishes from his life from Sabbath chicken to Passover dinners. The narrator recalls raw garlic at his father’s table and a dementia descent of his great aunt while wandering through Tokyo Paris Jerusalem and Jerusalem as he studies sushi and peels peaches. Lynn Harnett reviews the book for Herald Sunday and notes its touching humor and strong food lore.
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Abe
Japan
Paris
Jerusalem
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