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A Book Signing

I may have told this book sto­ry here before, but since it hap­pened exact­ly thir­ty years ago…

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thanks

Thankful

One of the par­tic­u­lar joys of writ­ing for kids is that they write to you.

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tomato soup

Lemony Tomato Soup

I was feel­ing gloomy. It had start­ed to snow. I start­ed a read-through of my cur­rent project. A favorite recipe for Toma­to Soup popped into my mind.

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Lost in the Empire City Avi

A New Book

Today is the day my newest book, Lost in the Empire City, will be pub­lished. Peo­ple often ask me, “How does it feel to have a book published?”

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logic

Logic

Log­ic. While we may not think of the con­cept as hav­ing any­thing to do with fic­tion, it is not just a key aspect of nar­ra­tive, but par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant to readers.

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Catch You Later Traitor

Titles

What does a good title have that makes it good? Lots of notions here. The truth is, as any author will tell you, a good title is hard to compose. 

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Lost in the Empire City

Immigrants

I sus­pect that there are count­less Amer­i­can fam­i­ly sto­ries akin to this one, the jour­ney to point of depar­ture, the voy­age itself, the arrival, and ear­ly years of tragedy and/or triumph.

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The Oldest Book on My Shelves

It’s not real­ly a sur­prise then, that on my shelves I have a few — very few — books from my child­hood. Read this week’s essay about those books.

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