Marylandia: Laura Lippman and more
Here's a look at some new Maryland-related books.
-- Laura Lippman's collection of short stories, Hardly Knew Her, will be out in a couple of weeks. You may have read some of the stories in "noir" publications, but her collection of the twisted and criminal includes a new novella, "Scratch a Woman." (Morrow/292 pages/$23.95)
-- Two Brothers, by David H. Jones, recounts the tale of Baltimore's Prentiss family, torn apart by the Civil War. The novel, navigated by Walt Whitman, traces the brothers' bloody paths as they fight for opposing armies and wind up together in a Washington hospital. (Staghorn/316 pages)
-- New Lines from the Old Line State, an anthology of the Maryland Writers Association, offers essays, poems and short stories. Contributors include Liz Moser, Lalita Noronha and Laura Shovan. The book is available for 15% off at the MWA website, (MWA Books/217 pages/$15.95)
-- Kabbalistic Teachings of the Female Prophets by J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronimus, looks at the connection of seven Biblical women to mystical Jewish teachings, and relates their experience to our lives. (Inner Tradistions/418 pages/$24.95)
-- How to Become a Successful Commercial Model by Aaron Marcus has been revised and expanded for its fifth printing. It's an everyman's step-by-step guide to modeling.
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Read Streeters will be interested to know that several of the authors featured in the MWA Anthology New Lines from the Old Line State will be reading at the Baltimore Book Festival's CityLit Stage on Sunday, September 28 at 5:15 p.m. The book will also be for sale throughout the festival at the MWA tent, and many of the contributors will be around to talk with festival attendees and sign autographs. In addition, several will be selling their own books.
Posted by: Paul Lagasse | September 18, 2008 12:34 PM