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Aug.30.2009
Vintage printed Dave Eggers' What Is the What clothbound without a jacket, and Eggers' McSweeney's followed suit (or suit-less) with Zeitoun. Now Penguin will release in October/November a beautiful series of clothbound classics, designed by illustrator Coralie Bickford-Smith. These are a relief...
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Aug.24.2009
Having recently seen an article about copycat covers (see post before last), when I saw the NYT review of Woman from Shanghai by famed Chinese author Xianhui Yang, I did a literal double take. Mr. Yang's book gets a strong review, yet the cover reflects nothing of its content: privation, starvation...
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Aug.20.2009
This astounding book may appear daunting, but as soon as you open its first page of text, it will capture you with its wry, moving, intelligent, passionate and masterful voice. And then the story, such a story! At times speaking from the womb, it unravels the lives of conjoined twins, questionably...
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Aug.19.2009
Something about two articles caught my attention about art, design, photography and process. The first, “Familiarity Breeds Contempt” appears on the blog Rap Sheet, by J. Kingston Pierce, and presents numerous book jackets that use the same stock photo. Granted, most of these copycat covers are for...
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Aug.17.2009
Last week while I was on vacation in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, I dutifully stopped in to the local indie bookstore, Browseabout Books, in the heart of this charming town to say thanks to the booksellers for supporting my book and displaying it so beautifully. The happy news was that their initial...
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Aug.15.2009
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, with 7 locations, chose The Calligrapher's Daughter as their August Book Pick of the Month. Thank you Joseph-Beth!
And, with thanks to Anne at Boswell Book Company, The Calligrapher's Daughter reached #3 on their hardcover fiction bestsellers for the week ending August 8...
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Aug.15.2009
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING magazine chooses The Calligrapher's Daughter for September's Book Picks. Proud to be listed with Pat Conroy, Tracy Kidder and Lorrie Moore.
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Aug.05.2009
Yesterday, twelve years from conception, The Calligrapher's Daughter was officially published. Happily, friends wrote and called to say they'd gone to their local bookseller. One friend who works at Powells in Portland OR, sent in this photo. Fun to see the book on display. Along with the...
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Aug.05.2009
I was moved, and sometimes embarrassed, reading More.com's interview. Writer Karina Martinez-Carter did an excellent job of condensing an hour-plus rambling conversation into something that actually tells a story perfectly targeted to More magazine's audience. Though my father was a journalist and...
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Jul.31.2009
www.thecalligraphersdaughter.com • The web site for THE CALLIGRAPHER'S DAUGHTER is up, working, fabulous and full of content. Thank you to the brilliant, hard-working and fun Jason Liebman at Holt for technology know-how and execution. He not only assisted me with the site design, he made it happen...
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Jul.19.2009
Borders selected THE CALLIGRAPHER'S DAUGHTER for its Original Voices program for September.
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Jun.29.2009
Pleased to announce that The Calligrapher's Daughter is highlighted as one of ten “promising fiction debuts” in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY annual Fall Firsts feature in their seasonal announcement issue. http://bit.ly/BANPG
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Jun.21.2009
See vintage family photos that inspired the novel and the author’s pictures from a research trip to South Korea. Become a fan of THE CALLIGRAPHER'S DAUGHTER. Thank you. http://tinyurl.com/ld88nh
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Jun.05.2009
THE CALLIGRAPHER'S DAUGHTER received a starred review from Publishers Weekly! Use the link at right to read the review.
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THE CALLIGRAPHER’S DAUGHTER . . . is a beautiful, deliberate and satisfying story spanning 30 years of Korean history”
—Publishers Weekly starred review
About Eugenia
Eugenia Kim is a first-generation Korean-American whose writing is inspired by rich family history. An MFA graduate of Bennington College, she has published short stories and essays in journals and anthologies. She teaches fiction at Fairfield University’s...
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