Christmas in July, Alan Michael Parker, Dzanc books – In his latest novel, Alan Michael Parker tells the story of the Christmas Danzig, a thirteen-year-old with terminal cancer
Ellen Birkett Morris
Ellen Birkett Morris is an award-winning, multi-genre writer based in Louisville, Kentucky. Morris is the author of LOST GIRLS, a short story collection, which Kirkus Reviews called "A varied set of tales from a skilled practitioner of the short form."
Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, Fiction Southeast, Santa Fe Literary Review, and Upstreet, among other journals. https://ellenbirkettmorris.ink/index.html
Write for the Pleasure of It Advises Coster
Halsey Street, Naima Coster, Amazon – Naima Coster’s debut novel HALSEY STREET is a story of estrangement and reconciliation that follows the effects of gentrification on the life of a family and the Brooklyn neighborhood where they reside.
White Houses Offers an Engaging Portrait of Love
Author Interview: White Houses, Amy Bloom, Random House – Amy Bloom’s novel White Houses is a compelling fictive exploration of the love affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and journalist Lorena Hickok. This is Bloom’s first book of historical fiction. The novel belies the common narrative of Eleanor Roosevelt as a woman who was disappointed in marriage and became an asexual being.
Memoirist Cawood Writes on Saying Goodbye and Letting Go
The Going and Goodbye, Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Platypus Press – To understand love, you must first understand power—the balance of it, when to give it up, when to take it back.
Elizabeth Berg’s New Novel, Truluv Finds Grace Amid Grief
Story of Arthur Truluv, Elizabeth Berg, Penguin – the 28th book from the prolific author Elizabeth Berg, explores issues of grief, death and aging with a gentle touch that reminds readers of the everyday grace that can be found in life.
Discovery Drives Creation of Fennelly’s Micro-Memoirs
Heating and Cooling, Beth Ann Fennelly, W.W.Norton – Good writing in any genre rings with truth, personal and universal. In her latest book of micro-memoirs, Heating & Cooling, Beth Ann Fennelly shares her truth about life’s moments, big and small, with poignancy and humor.
Segal Explores Complex Family Life in The Awkward Age
Segal Explores Complex Family Life in The Awkward Age An exclusive Authorlink interview By Columnist Ellen Birkett Morris November 2017 The Awkward Age by Francesca Segal Buy this Book at Amazon.com In her second novel, The Awkward Age, author Francesca...
Extraordinary Adventures: A Journey of Discovery
Extraordinary Adventures, Daniel Wallace, Macmillan – Daniel Wallace is not particularly interested in tracking the origin of his latest novel Extraordinary Adventures. In the years it takes to write a book, Wallace says the creation of the writing starts to get fictionalized.
Stansel Pens Contemporary Western
The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo, Ian Stansel, Houghton Mifflin – Ian Stansel had been working on a novel for two and a half years when he decided to lay that project aside to write what would become his debut novel, The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo.
Goodman Explores the Power of Words and Images in The Chalk Artist
The Chalk Artist, Allegra Goodman, Random House – In her latest novel, Allegra Goodman explores the power of images and words through the prism of a romance between a young teacher named Nina and a chalk artist named Collin and twins Aidan, who is addicted to videogames, and his sister Diana, who are Nina’s students.
