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Alcott biography on New Hampshire Public Radio’s List of the Year’s Best

LMA Staff — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:56:40 +0000

Alcott biography on New Hampshire Public Radio’s List of the Year’s Best

And The Birthday Book Give-Away Contest Winner Is…

LMA Staff — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:30:41 +0000

People Magazine asks, “Who Knew?”

LMA Staff — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:31:59 +0000

“The Little Women author smoked hash, had a crush on Thoreau and may have been manic depressive,” says People’s November 23, 2009 issue.

“Who knew?”

Reisen to guest at WETA Book Studio November 23

LMA Staff — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:27:52 +0000

Book Studio is a great site featuring author interviews with, for example, Deborah Tannen, Mary Gordon, Zoe Heller, and even some guys! Let’s see….Richard Russo, Michael Pollan, Tom Perrotta, etc. Host Bethanne Patrick asks good questions, and was named after Beth March. Watch beginning November 23, or log in now to hear past episodes.

Elizabeth Marvel Joins Parks’s ‘Book of Grace’

LMA Staff — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:09:05 +0000

By DAVE ITZKOFF

Suzan-Lori Parks has found a leading lady for her latest play at the Public Theater: Elizabeth Marvel will star as the title character in “The Book of Grace,” a new dramatic work about a conflict in a southern Texas family, the Public said in a news release. Ms. Marvel has previously appeared at the Public in “Troilus and Cressida” and “King Lear,” as well as in its Shakespeare in the Park production of “Henry V,” and on Broadway in “Top Girls.” “The Book of Grace,” to be directed by the “Top Girls” director James Macdonald, is to begin previews on March 2 at the Public, with an official opening scheduled for March 16.

Booklist: “Magnificent!”

LMA Staff — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:06:51 +0000

In a starred review, Booklist says “Reisen’s cinematic eye brings Louisa to whirling life as a coltish, fearless girl of “explosive exuberance” and sharp intellect.”

Good Housekeeping: Seal of Approval

LMA Staff — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:21:59 +0000

Good Reads, Book Picks for November recommends bio “To Delight You: Louisa May Alcott, by Harriet Reisen. Born to a prestigious but poor New England family. Little Women’s creator wresteled with, ambition, illness, and fame …. this juicy bio is a page-turner.”

Good Housekeeping: Seal of Approval

LMA Staff — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:18:01 +0000

Good Housekeeping’s Good Reads, Book Picks, for November recommends bio “To Delight You: Louisa May Alcott, by Harriet Reisen. Born to a prestigious but poor New England family. Little Women’s creator wresteled with, ambition, illness, and fame… this juicy bio is a page-turner.”