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“Oh No They Didn’t”: Amerilexicophobia

Maribel Garcia
Reviews
AMERILEXICOPHOBIA: What’s that you ask? According to Lynne Murphy, an American linguistics professor, but longtime U.K. resident, it is an illness. It’s a form of distress that the British suffer from, an af... Read More...

Is the Key to Being Resilient, Keeping Hope Realistic? An Interview with Memoirist, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Maribel Garcia
Book Club Questions, Interviews, Memoir, on Writing, Reviews
In this memoir, we meet Becky Galli. We are first introduced to the author's life while she is safely ensconced in a pretty idyllic 1960s southern upbringing-complete with the pastor father and a stay-at-ho... Read More...

Is Memoir Vanity or An Act of Love? By Susan G. Weidener

Susan Weidener
Memoir, on Creativity, on Writing
Not everyone understands why some write their memoirs. They dismiss it as narcissistic vanity. Why write something so personal they ask? Who cares? Stories are my passion, so I am biased that writing memoir,... Read More...

Author Interview with Alicia DiFabio, author of Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete’s Journey to the Heart of America’s Newest Obsession

Maribel Garcia
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Ever wonder when the marathon and triathlon craze started? You know what I’m talking about – that time before your Facebook posts were inundated with scores of women from all walks of life crossing the finishin... Read More...

BCB: The Author’s Cut with Liane Kupferberg Carter

Kristin Jacobson
The Author's Cut
Maribel Garcia talks with Liane Kupferberg Carter about her book, Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism.    ... Read More...
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“If you’ve met one person with autism…”

Maribel Garcia
Interviews
   “If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.” Best quote ever. I learned it from Liane Kupferberg Carter’s latest memoir, Ketchup is my Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows u... Read More...
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BCB: The Author’s Cut with A.O. Scott

Kristin Jacobson
The Author's Cut
A.O. Scott wants his readers to think critically about the role of the critic and that means reminding people that critics are employed to actively, skillfully and intellectually evaluate certain information an... Read More...

New York Times Film Critic A.O. Scott Reflects on the “Wonderful Absurdity” of His Profession

Maribel Garcia
Interviews, Reviews
What comes to mind when you think critic? Better yet, what do general audiences think of when they think critic? If you ask my two teenagers, they might bring up Anton Ego, the imperious and acerbic food cr... Read More...

BCB: The Author’s Cut, Live with Amy Silverman

Kristin Jacobson
The Author's Cut
Check out the latest in our live author series, BCB: The Author's Cut, Live with Amy Silverman. In this interview, Maribel Garcia talks with author Amy Silverman about her book My Heart Can't Even Believe It: A... Read More...

Of This Much I’m Sure: An Interview with Nadine Kenney Johnstone

Maribel Garcia
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I never imagined that IVF might kill me. This is how Nadine Kenney Johnstone begins what is ultimately a heartfelt charting of her experiences when facing adversity. Maternal deaths resulting from IVF are re... Read More...
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