The Quivering Pen

Congratulations to Delia Igo , winner of last week’s Friday Freebie contest: the new novel by Amitav Ghosh, Gun Island . This week’s giv...

My First Time Meeting an Author When I was an undergraduate student at Washington and Lee, the author Richard Ford ( pictured above )...

Simply put, the best sentence(s) I’ve read this past week, presented out of context and without commentary. NOTE: This week, while readi...

Congratulations to Craig Brown and Diane Porter , winners of the previous Friday Freebie contest: Tell Me Who We Were by Kate McQuade. T...

Front Porch Books is a monthly tally of new and forthcoming books — mainly advance review copies (aka “uncorrected proofs” and “galleys”) ...

Simply put, the best sentence(s) I’ve read this past week, presented out of context and without commentary. “Lies cut holes in the fabr...

Congratulations to Rhonda Lomazow , winner of the previous Friday Freebie contest: Someone We Know by Shari Lapena. This week’s giveaway...

In 1975, my father read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard and fell in love with both the book and its author. At the time, the R...

Congratulations to Carl Scott , winner of last week’s Friday Freebie contest: Machine by Susan Steinberg. This week’s giveaway is for So...

Front Porch Books is a monthly tally of new and forthcoming books — mainly advance review copies (aka “uncorrected proofs” and “galleys”) ...