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Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

October 25, 2022

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Author Dani Shapiro wastes no time plunging her pen into the marrow of human experience in her latest novel, Signal Fires. It’s a summer night in 1985 and the Wilf family, Ben, Mimi, and their ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, family, literary

Slow Motion: A Memoir of a Life Rescued by Tragedy

January 14, 2015

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I have always believed my mother would live forever. While I have never said goodbye to my father without the thought crossing my mind that I might never see him again, my mother has seemed ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, memoir

Still Writing: The Pleasures and Perils of a Creative Life

December 9, 2013

  Often, reviewing a book occurs only in the small space between book and reviewer. Meeting the author is a bonus but usually comes after the review is published when they are touring to promote the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Non-fiction Tagged: Atlantic Monthly Press, essays, event, writing

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