Today is release day for Laurel Snyder’s Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher. I’m excited about this book for a number of reasons. One, of course, is that it’s a wonderful book. (Humor + heart + Judaism – overkill + some terrific illustrations + meaning + humor. Did I mention humor?) The other [...]
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Clearly this blog went on vacation along with me, but I had to come back this week to welcome two new books. Today is the official release date for If Trouble Don’t Kill Me, the true story of musical brothers Clayton and Saford Hall. Ralph Berrier, Jr. used to tell stories about his Papa Clayton and [...] I went to see The Rock Bottom Remainders this week, figuring that my standing as a writing geek would be revoked unless I saw these people play live. The band of writing luminaries started jamming together in 1992 and for me the draw was — no, not Stephen King, who wasn’t on this tour — [...] There have been a number of celebrity-type people who have died recently that I’ve wanted to write about. John Hughes, the man who directed the movies that became both the text and the soundtrack for my coming of age. Michael Jackson, who brings with him a cavalcade of bizarre, mixed emotions that are somehow chased [...] Moira Donohue’s Penny and Punctuation Bee and Alfie the Apostrophe both hit paperback this month. As part of our musical welcome, I wanted to introduce you to the person who made me love punctuation (before Moira, I mean). I first saw Victor Borge do his skit on punctuation pronunciation on The Electric Company back [...] I’ve been waiting to see this book in print for years — years I tell you — so I’m psyched to welcome Tom Angleberger’s The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by playing some of my favorite Star Wars related songs. You know who sings them. You may even know some of the words. It’s okay. [...] Jacqueline Jules’ Zapato Power, Freddie Ramos Takes Off, arrives in book stores today. To say welcome, I’m playing REM’s Superman. You know you want to sing along! If you read my old blog, you know I like to give warm, musical welcomes to new books. Today I’m welcoming Kathy Erskine’s novel Quaking as it comes out in its paperback edition! (That counts as new, right?) Follow me over to the time-machine that is youtube to watch Elvis Costello singing (What’s So Funny [...] A while back when I was trying to learn how to play the guitar, I wasn’t putting in enough writing time. Every free minute I had, I was strumming my too-good-for-me Gibson, trying to learn something simple, like Mr. Tambourine Man (well, it was simple the way I played it; it reminded my friends of [...] |
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