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Andrew’s Book Club: November Picks
As a huge fan of Munro and Dzanc, I’m especially excited about Andrew’s picks for this month. (This is what the world will look like when there is too much happiness!) - Indie Pick: Laura van den...
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The End of Oprah
Oprah gave book publicists a collective fit of the vapors when she announced her show—and its high-profile book club—would be ending in 2011. Many fretted over the effects on publishing, calling it “a...
View ArticleOn (Non-Social) Reading
From to Oprah’s Book Club to Goodreads, reading has become a more social activity than ever before. But what about those people who still like to curl up with a book–alone? The New York Times examines...
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Andrew’s Book Club: March 2010 Picks
This month, Andrew Scott — our Oprah of story collections, long may he reign! — recommends the following books: Big House Pick: Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives, by Brad Watson (Norton) “The dark and...
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Andrew’s Book Club: April 2010 Picks
There’s still a week left in April: spend it reading one of these new collections recommended by Andrew Scott. INDIE PICKS: - Strange Weather (Press 53), by Becky Hagenston. Winner of the Spokane Prize...
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The ReCorrections: Part I
The Recognitions. My mother’s book club meets monthly. Books selected for the club live a familiar life cycle around her house: they are purchased at Portland’s Broadway Books, brought home, and placed...
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The ReCorrections: Part II
San Francisco, Progressive Reading Series. Image Credit: Flickr The Controversy. Jonathan Franzen’s criticisms of commercial culture and his concern about the commodification of literature predate his...
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No flack from Chuck
Anyone with a television set (by no means a given anymore) and network reception (ditto), has probably not escaped the fact that this is Oprah’s last season. Her most recent Book Club selection –...
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Can Online Book Clubs Work?
A couple of months ago there was an online kerfuffle after Bitch Magazine posted a list of 100 feminist YA books, and then removed three books from that list after a few commenters complained about...
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Five Ways to Celebrate Short Stories
Here at FWR, we’re certainly doing our collective best to honor the art and craft of the short story this month. But there are lots of ways that each fiction writer can celebrate short stories...
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