The lovely Anton DiSclafani meeting with more Camp Yonahlossee Alumnae, this from a packed-house event at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC. These women represented several generations of campers at Yonahlossee and met for the very first time that night - singing the Camp Yonahlossee song, sharing scrapbooks and memories!  The power of a wonderful book to bring people together. 
Anton DiSclafani talks to a captive audience of original Yonahlossee Girls, alumnae of the real Camp Yonahlossee, which inspired her stunning novel, at their 90th Annual Camp Reunion!  

 

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We absolutely adore the Chicago Tribune’s commitment to excerpting excellent fiction - seen here is the stunning package they put together for a pull out of Steven Amsterdam’s WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDED. 
rachelfershleiser: Meg Wolitzer is flawless. Her conversation with Jami last night was hilarious, inspiring, and infuriating in all the right ways. (“Tell me again how you totally care about women’s stories cause you read Joan Didion….”) Also discussed: collaborating with musicians, women running through fields of wheat, Bookscan numbers, talent, Long Island, the first 80 pages, Anthony Weiner. What I’m saying is, buy The Interestings. And go see this amazing writer anytime and anywhere she speaks. WOW what an endorsement! 
bookavore: BLIND ITEM REVEALED: The book I was so engrossed in yesterday and which caused me to eat an entire bag of chips without realizing was The Interestings, by Meg Wolitzer. There are a lot of things to say about this book, and smarter people than me are going to say them, so I will just note that I loved it and very highly recommend it to pretty much everybody I know. Throw this on the feminist book club pile as well. God, that’s a lot of feminist books in a row. I’m going to go root through Martin Amis’s backlist and cleanse my palate. We think “so good I accidentally ate a whole bag of chips” is pretty selling endorsement! 
fishingboatproceeds: A few days ago, I received an email from P. F. Kluge, my fiction writing professor from Kenyon College, saying, “Drop everything and read How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia.”  So I did, and what a book. Brilliant and ruthless. Don’t miss it. WOW! A stunning endorsement from one of our favorite authors, John Green! 
"We've gotta start thinking of the country in a way of 'how do we pull folks together?' not 'how do we attack them and afflict them." - Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report
TONIGHT! Junot Diaz will be on the Colbert Report in T-12 hours and counting. Not like we’re impatiently waiting on the edge of our seats or anything…  Tune in to Comedy Central at 11:30 PM EST / 10:30 PM CST, we have a feeling you’re not gonna want to miss this one! 
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