Amy Sohn, New York Times bestselling author of "Prospect Park West" and the upcoming "Motherland," took on an unfamiliar assignment between novels -- co-writing the memoir of the NFL's oldest cheerleader, Laura Vikmanis.(READ MORE)
One of our favorite books of the spring is "Next Stop," by Glen Finland, a remarkable and moving story of her son, David, a differently-abled young man seeking to build an independent life. Charlie Rogers: Your son has received a variety of diagnoses, including autism and Tourette's. How do you describe...(READ MORE)
The National Book Critics Circle announced the the winners of the 2011 NBCC Awards tonight (March 8). The winner for autobiography was Mira Bartok for "The Memory Palace," a memoir and exploration of the nature of memory, based around Bartok's life with a schizophrenic mother and her memory loss following...(READ MORE)
Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards include , "One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing" by Diane Ackerman, "The Memory Palace" by Mira Bartok, and "Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America" by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts. (READ MORE)
For those interested in the craft of biography, there's a great exchange on The Millions this week. Scott Donaldson, author of "John Cheever: A Biography" and last year's "Death of a Rebel: The Charlie Fenton Story," (a biography of a biographer), discusses the hazards of his craft -- including sharing...(READ MORE)
In 1978, after three novels that had little impact, John Irving broke through with "The World According to Garp." It was a phenomenon. It won the National Book Award and sold over 2 million copies in paperback within a year. The Modern Library named it one of the top 100 novels of the century. From [...](READ MORE)
Today marks the publication of Pulitzer Prize winning foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid's "House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East." Shadid died on February 16 of an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. He was 43 years old. For over 20 years, Shadid covered...(READ MORE)
On February 21, The Los Angeles Times released the names of the finalists for the 2011 Times Book Prizes. The Prizes, held annually since 1980, recognize "distinguished works" published in 2011. Winners in ten categories will be announced on April 20th at a ceremony held at the LA Times Festival of Books....(READ MORE)
Sara Benincasa is perhaps the world's least agoraphobic agoraphobe. At one point suicidal and afraid to leave her room (even to go to the bathroom) now she spends much of her time doing standup comedy in college auditoriums all over the country. Benincasa is also the author of "Agorafabulous: Dispatches...(READ MORE)
Cheryl Strayed, author of the upcoming memoir "Wild," revealed yesterday that she penned the advice column Dear Sugar on The Rumpus, a San Francisco-based culture website. Over the last two years, "Sugar" had divulged intimate details about her personal life including sexual abuse, infidelity, heroin...(READ MORE)
