Halfway through life's journey I discover the Way Wind fleet-footed, heavens still, long-armed monkeys crying. Now that I'm old I live near green mountains,... Read the rest of this post

You won't find any novels about the hopelessly impoverished or victims of Iranian rape on my best-books-of-2007 list. Not that those don't have their place... Read the rest of this post

In the squealing creak of a yellow school bus I made baby feet in the morning fog windows, the side of my fists and... Read the rest of this post

This is the shape of some words, but not just. This resembles the story of a girl, but not just. This is called making... Read the rest of this post

Still have a few people left on your holiday shopping list? I don't envy you this weekend, but Taylor Materne, one of the three co-authors... Read the rest of this post

I pretty much have next week off from my other blogging gig, so I thought I would take advantage of my free time to hunker... Read the rest of this post

When Robin Romm emailed me her essay for Beatrice about her favorite Grimm fairy tale, she mentioned that her partner, Don Waters, was also a... Read the rest of this post

In Dave Housley's fictional universe, the one that builds up in the stories comprising his first collection, Ryan Seacrest Is Famous from Powells.com.">Ryan Seacrest Is... Read the rest of this post

We make to-do lists, shopping lists, wish lists...but somehow our lists just don't ROCK. The ones in this new book do....The Official Punk Rock... Read the rest of this post

The last time Quinn Dalton appeared as a guest author here at Beatrice, she talked about the benefits of hiring an independent publicist. This time... Read the rest of this post

Amy Edelman's first novel, Manless in Montclair from Powells.com.">Manless in Montclair, is based on her real-life experiences re-entering the dating scene after the death of... Read the rest of this post

Valerie Martin is perhaps best known as the author of such novels as Mary Reilly and the Orange Prize-winning Property; longtime Beatrice readers might also... Read the rest of this post

Lisa Rogak is the author of more than 40 books; her most recent is A Boy Named Shel from Powells.com.">A Boy Named Shel, a biography... Read the rest of this post

I like to say hello and goodbye. I like to hug but not shake hands. I prefer to wave or nod. I enjoy the company... Read the rest of this post

All my life before him, every word I wrote had heard the notes turning into air above the pages and spinning my desire into jail... Read the rest of this post

A tree is not a human thing, with its feet In the ground and its back hard against the sky; It cannot tolerate the small... Read the rest of this post

I recently added Ecotone, a literary journal from the creative writing department at UNC-Wilmington, to my sidebar. One of the writers on the journal's editing... Read the rest of this post

Yesterday, I shared an essay from Joshua Henkin about how he dealt with the characters in his new novel, Matrimony from Powells.com.">Matrimony, over such a... Read the rest of this post

tell me how you get here I say I want the map to keep in my head tell me when do you turn inland off... Read the rest of this post

I began reading Joshua Henkin's new novel, Matrimony from Powells.com.">Matrimony, last month while I was serving jury duty, and the story immediately engrossed me; the... Read the rest of this post

Gleamed from gutter mouths, we knew their musicle before meanings, the monosyllables raised to hallowed refrains on our tongues. We glorified it, the older world... Read the rest of this post

Over at BOOKGASM, we're an opinionated lot, sharing our two cents on the important issues that affect the world populace ... like, why doesn't Bill... Read the rest of this post

Former Rolling Stone writer, Anthony Bozza was the first national journalist to cover Eminem. In fact, the tapes of interviews he recorded with Em's circle... Read the rest of this post

What do you do when you want to find out what to read next without actually having to read about what to read next? If... Read the rest of this post

Rod Lott, the editor of Bookgasm, is one of the four other book bloggers who I recruited last year to help pick up the pace... Read the rest of this post