Amy Shearn on OtherPPL Podcast
Date: October 1, 2020
Listen to the full interview here!
News & Reviews
News:
The New York Times features Jennifer Risher
Date: October 1, 2020
Jennifer Risher took a job in campus recruiting at Microsoft in 1991. She was 25 and given stock options worth several hundred thousand dollars. While working there, she met her […]
Here Are Some Great Virtual Book Events Happening This Week: Sept. 28–Oct. 3
Date: September 28, 2020
Rachel Howzell Hall (And Now She’s Gone), Alyssa Cole (When No One Is Watching), Tiffany D. Jackson (Grown), and Tracy Deonn (Legendborn) in conversation for a Black Girl Mystery panel — hosted by Books Are Magic, 7 […]
Jennifer Risher’s Letter to the Editor of the New York Times
Date: September 28, 2020
When Publishing Focuses on the Bottom Line Re “Best Sellers Sell the Best” (Sunday Business, Sept. 20): With publishers preordaining certain titles as likely successes, the homogenization of literary culture […]
OK, So …: Episode 14 – Amy Shearn
Date: September 28, 2020
Welcome to the Season Premiere and Episode 14 of “OK, So …”. This week, I sat down with Amy Shearn, Editor at Medium and author of three novels, including her […]
Elissa Washuta, Kristen Millares Young, Sierra Crane Murdoch in Conversation | Open Book On Location
Date: September 24, 2020
Kristen Millares Young (Subduction) in conversation with Elissa Washuta (White Magic), Sierra Crane Murdoch (Yellow Bird), and William F. Deverell. Watch the full video here.
Talking About Wealth, Jennifer Risher on The Crazy Money Podcast
Date: September 23, 2020
As early Microsoft employees, Jennifer and her future-husband, David Risher, made millions of dollars from their stock options in the quickly growing company. When David joined an online book-seller called Amazon, those “millions” became “tens […]
Interview: In ‘We Need to Talk,’ Jennifer Risher starts a candid conversation about wealth
Date: September 23, 2020
Months ago, when Jennifer Risher was gearing up for her new book, “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” initially set for release in May, she knew she would […]
UNSEEN CITY is one of “6 Fall Books to Curl Up with All Season Long”
Date: September 21, 2020
A librarian, a ghost, and New York city walk into a book—and there you have a recipe for what I never realized is my perfect novel, “Unseen City.” What can […]
Amy Shearn on IGTV with Natalka Burian
Date: September 21, 2020
Amy and Natalka discuss UNSEEN CITY on IGTV. Watch the video here!
Reviews:
RHINO: reviews After Rubén
Date: June 30, 2020
In the essay that caps his latest poetry collection, After Rubén, Francisco Aragón traces his relationship with the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867-1916). From the initial gift of a handful […]
The Nonconformist: Sugar, Smoke, Song by Reema Rajbanshi review
Date: June 30, 2020
Many readers of this review may or may not be aware of the rasa theory, but it is maintained that classic works of literature created within the boundaries of what is today […]
Anchorage Daily News: Review of Mostly Water
Date: June 30, 2020
The best memoirs invite us into the interesting minds of writers, carry us into territories we might not have tread ourselves and leave us with new perspectives on life. Some […]
Denali Sunrise: Review of Mostly Water
Date: June 30, 2020
Water flows over and through the pebbles on the cover of Mostly Water: Reflections Rural and North. Water connects. Mary Odden, a long-time resident of rural Alaska, has graced us with this […]
Writers’ Voices: Aimee Liu Sets
Date: June 30, 2020
In the South Asian archipelago known as the Andaman Islands, aboriginal tribes thrived for 60,000 years before the onset of British colonialism nearly wiped them out. Best selling novelist Aimee […]
Washington Independent Review of Books: Glorious Boy
Date: June 30, 2020
Aimee Liu’s fourth novel, Glorious Boy — a family drama set against the backdrop of World War II and the rumblings of Indian independence from British colonialist rule — is big, ambitious, […]
Booktrib: Family and Priorities Collide in Her Sister’s Tattoo
Date: June 30, 2020
This is a powerful story of political activism, family betrayal, allegiance and love. When two sisters get arrested during a Vietnam War protest in 1968, they must decide where their […]
Sugar, Smoke, Song by Reema Rajbanshi: A book review by Moazzam Sheikh
Date: June 30, 2020
Many readers of this review may or may not be aware of the rasa theory, but it is maintained that classic works of literature created within the boundaries of what is today […]
Review of IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS by PANK magazine
Date: June 26, 2020
I’ve never lived in New York City, though I’ve always loved it from afar. Visits to friends in Brooklyn, a few work jaunts into Manhattan, a research trip one summer […]
Terrain.org: Reviews Toward Antarctica
Date: June 5, 2020
Reading poet Elizabeth Bradfield’s latest collection, Toward Antarctica: An Exploration, may not be as dramatic as actually visiting the continent, but it will likely be as close as many of us will get. Thanks […]