Last week when I got an e-mail from C.M. Harris, a former Loft classmate, about an upcoming Raking through Books event I let out a squeal of delight. Turns out she’s celebrating the launch of her debut novel, The Children of Mother Glory. This makes her the second Loft classmate to release a book (which [...]

Interview, MN Authors C.M. Harris, Camille Paglia, Flannery O'Connor, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Joseph Campbell, Leif Enger, Willa Cather

Sure we’ve had an actual member of The Replacements and Charles Baxter (who needs no other disclaimer) answer our six questions. We’ve had friends and bloggers and authors we’ve grown to admire answer the questions. But I can say that without a doubt, posting Mattox Roesch’s answers fills me with a kind of joy like [...]

Interview Billy Lombardo, Charles Baxter, Flannery O'Connor, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gustave Flaubert, Hannah Tinti, Jayne Ane Phillips, Louise Erdich, Mattox Roesch, Raymond Carver, Shel Silverstein, Thomas Merton, Virgina Woolf, William Faulkner

We’re taking the day off, you should too! If you’re looking for something to do go read A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor.
Be back tomorrow.

Book News Fiction available online, Flannery O'Connor

Yowza! Largehearted Boy found a site that’s made a Flannery O’Connor lecture and reading available. Now, you can listen to O’Connor read A Good Man is Hard to Find. I am downloading it now, and my heart is going pitter pat with anticipation of listening to her reading. Sweet!
Rolling Stone has posted an excerpt from [...]

Book News David Foster Wallace, Flannery O'Connor, Lauren Groff, Sarah Vowell