Kate Padilla

Kate Padilla

Kate Padilla is an author, poet and artist. Her book, Apples Rot on the Ground (May 2020), is a collection of gut-wrenching poems detailing the racism and bigotry that existed for Hispanic families in early New Mexico & Wyoming.

The Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009

      The Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 Edited by: Laura Furman Vintage Anchor 2009 5-09-09 Trade Paperback/432 pages ISBN: 978-0-307-28035-0 Buy This Book www.amazon.com       ". . . a diversity of writers who open up a world of...

Wildflower by Mark Seal

    Wildflower Mark Seal Random House 5-05-09 Hardcover/232 pages ISBN: 978-1-4000-6736-7 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . a complex story of greed, corruption and rampant crime linked to the rose business." Did you ever think a...

The Johns by Victor Malarek

    The Johns Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It Victor Malarek Arcade April 16 2009 Hardcover/320 pages ISBN: 978-1-55970-890-6 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     "...for anyone laboring under the misconception that prostitution is a...

The Song is You by Arthur Phillips

  The Song is You Arthur Phillips Random House 3/30/09 Hardcover/340 pages ISBN: 978-1-4000-6646-9 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   "A novel contrived around modern technology. . ." A novel contrived around modern technology—iPods, chat rooms,...

The View From the Seventh Layer by Kevin Brockmeier

      The View From the Seventh Layer Kevin Brockmeier Vintage Books 3/10/09 Trade Paperback/288 pages ISBN: 978-0-307-38776-9 Buy This Book www.amazon.com       ". . . cutting-edge series of short stories integrating mystery,...

Love Comes First by Erica Jong

    Love Comes First Erica Jong Penguin Group 1-10-09 Hardcover/112 pages ISBN: 978-1-58542-684-3 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . motives in each piece are clear, yet challenging." Don’t expect Erica Jong’s new book of...

The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

  The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie 01/06/2009 Random House Hardcover/355 pages ISBN: 0-375504-33-8 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . brilliant, entertaining and amusing . . ." Salman Rushdie’s new fairy tale, The Enchantress of...

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

  In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Daniyal Mueenuddin W.W. Norton & Company 01-05-09 Hardcover/224 pages ISBN: 0-393068005 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . compassionate stories about human needs . . ." Daniyal Mueenuddin’s first...

My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates

  My Sister, My Love Joyce Carol Oates Harper 12-20-08 Hardcover/562 pages ISBN: 978-0-06-154748-5 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . a suspenseful murder mystery you can’t put down." Joyce Carol Oates’ new book is so disconcerting...

The Complete Fables of La Fontaine

Do fables written for children teach them moral values? Did Aesop, a Greek slave in sixth century BC, give human voices to animals and plants as a way entertain and teach children? Not the Aesop fables transformed and re-interpreted by La Fontaine in the 17th century says Craig Hill in his book, “The Complete Fables of La Fontaine,” a new translation in verse.