In the two-part essay I Am for Sale an Afghan woman describes the terror that she and her immediate family faced when she refused a marriage arranged by her uncle.
The Afghan Women’s Writing Project is the brainchild of Bay Area novelist Masha Hamilton (The Camel Bookmobile, 31 Hours), who first visited Afghanistan in 2004. Inspired [...]
Just in case you’ve ever wondered what happens when a whole bunch of writers get together, Steve Almond lays it out for The Rumpus, in the aftermath of the annual sort-of literary free-for-all known as AWP. I have to say, it’s my best cameo yet, hands down. (Dr. D! Dimplelingus? Really? I’ve never tried it, [...]
Here is Amanda Knox’s testimony about the fourteen-hour interrogation by Italian police. Knox says that she was persuaded by an interpreter that she must have remembered the events on the night of roommate Meredith Kercher’s murder incorrectly. While her behavior following Kercher’s murder appeared strange to many who observed her at that time, she [...]
The three Heene boys, including 6-year-old Ryo (confusing, as he is referred to in Falcon in at least one article), who was believed to have floated away in his family’s hot air balloon earlier today, appear in this rather odd rap-style home video with an unappealing title. The balloon has since come down, and the [...]
There’s a new Rumpelstiltskin in town, but he’s not going after the miller’s daughter. This Rumpelstiltskin has set his sights on authors, who, according to critics, may unwittingly spin him buckets full of gold. Judging from the panic issuing from home offices and cafes across the country, you’d think he was trying to steal our [...]
Sandra Cantu’s murder has tragically brought the plight of missing children into the spotlight once again. Although no Amber Alert was issued after Sandra’s disappearance, the Amber Alert is, in many cases, a very important part of the search for the child. The longer a child is missing, the less likely it is he or [...]
update, via KCRA3:
Police have not named any suspects in the case and Sgt. Tony Sheneman insisted Tuesday that Lawless “is not at the center of the investigation and never was.” He added that he was dismayed to hear media reports that the pastor was a main suspect.
“He has been interviewed as have hundreds of [...]
I’ll be speaking Saturday, March 28, at Lynnewood Methodist Church in Pleasanton. This will be a fundraising event, sponsored by P.E.O. International. Towne Center Books will be on hand to sell copies of The Year of Fog and No One You Know, with part of the proceeds to benefit P.E.O. women’s scholarships. 1:00 - 3:00.
This week, Publishers Weekly rounds up the bestselling paperbacks of 2008. Topping the list at a whopping 5,298,355 copies sold in 2008 is Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth, followed closely by William P. Young’s The Shack at 4,432,439, and Three Cups of Tea at 1,346,204. Barack Obama’s books round off the 1 million plus list. [...]
It’s beginning to feel official. THE YEAR OF FOG is featured in Newmarket Films‘ “Coming Soon” category. Here’s a Newmarket post from March 1:
WHO WILL EMERGE FROM THE FOG?
Newmarket begins casting suspense thriller
Newmarket’s next production, THE YEAR OF FOG, is now casting. Based on the New York Times best-seller by Michelle Richmond, THE YEAR OF [...]
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