“I have to transport myself, and only then I can transport my reader.” Our May Discover Pick, Brinda Charry’s, The East Indian, transports readers to Colonial Virginia to follow the life and adventures of a young Indian boy coming of age in the New World. Charry joins us to talk about her intensive research process, the […]
Even book nerds get the blues: the Seasonal Affective Disorder blues, to be specific. In the doldrums of February, it can be hard to remember you once thought it was endearing when Anna asked her sister to build a snowman in Frozen, much less that you ever prayed for a snow day. But never fear, fellow […]
When a sweet orange stray cat wandered into our lives recently (and our hearts, and also all over my laptop keyboard whenever I sit at my desk), my husband took him to the vet to get him checked out—and when they asked him for a name, he chose “Thomas.” When I discovered this, I was […]
On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we invited David Thomas Moore. editor of Monstrous Little Voices, a short fiction collection of Shakespearean fantasy stories, to share the story behind the book. “We should do something for Shakespeare,” I said. “It’s the 400th anniversary of his death next year.” Fair enough, and the boss liked the idea, […]
