Imagine you’re hosting a literary Thanksgiving. Who’d be at your table? We’d invite Herman Melville (natch), and sit him next to Rebecca Solnit. Her new book Orwell’s Roses would necessitate George himself be invited. Certainly we’d love to invite Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. Guests of honor would be Joy Harjo (Poet Warrior) and Louise Erdrich (The Sentence). Plus Colson Whitehead (Harlem Shuffle) and Nikole Hannah-Jones (The 1619 Project), making for lively conversation. Pass the cranberry sauce, please! With exciting new work by Richard Powers (Bewilderment) and Anthony Doer (Cloud Cuckoo Land) among many others, this fall’s literary harvest is bountiful, sure to keep us well fed for months to come. We can’t wait to share these titles, and more with you. Let us know who you’d like at your table!
Posts Tagged 'Colson Whitehead'
Enjoy a literary Thanksgiving
Published November 23, 2021 Books we love , Bookselling in the 21st century , cooking and food Leave a CommentTags: Colson Whitehead, Joy Harjo, literary Thanksgiving, Louise Erdrich
Colson Whitehead, Sag Harbor, July 11, 2009
Published July 13, 2009 Bookstore Lore , Reading events Leave a CommentTags: Colson Whitehead, Sag Harbor
Colson’s Family at Canio’s
Spill over onto the street for Colson, hometown hero. The eponymous crowd turned out in force to celebrate Whitehead’s new novel, a triumph. Decades past the excruciating teenage years, the author said in Q&A after the reading, afforded him sufficient distance to write about that one summer when Benji gets his braces off. The prose read poetically, sparks flying as the author illustrated the syntax of ‘8Os slang. Long lines of fans waited to get books signed; Colson, patient and gracious through it all. Welcome Home!
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