Lourdes’s pick: Michele Tallarita’s short story.
Originally published on March 7, 2011 “Swamp Monster Bonanza” is, as in the words of character Attison, weird in its beauty. I cannot explain in words my fascination with this story. Maybe I am in awe of how people who once ridicule Robin and Attison can suddenly be paying to see them do tricks. Or it could be [...]
Kerri’s Pick: Tomas Mournian’s essay
Last summer, I received an email from Tomas Mournian asking if YARN would cover his new novel “hidden.” Being the scrupulous editor that I am, I did a little checking up on Mr. Mournian, and discovered that not only was he a hot-s–t journalist in LA, and “hidden” his first buzz-worthy novel, he’d also graduated from Berkeley, just like moi! So we exchanged a few emails [...]
Shannon’s pick: Jon Papernick
Meghan Cox Gurdon wrote a response piece to the furor arising from her diatribe against violent and mature themes in YA literature, “Darkness Too Visible.” Gurdon’s response primarily backs up [...]
Happy Summer! Ready to get your re-read on? I don’t know about you, but summer is my favorite time to re-visit my favorite books. I mean, don’t we all have a stack of books we re-read from time to time simply to hang out with the stories we adore? (I’m not the only one having [...]
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