Jim Shepard on THE BOOK OF ARON: http://lithub.com/how-to-write-the-holocaust-through-the-eyes-of-a-child/
NPR Weighs In…
Michael Schaub calls Jim Shepard “one of this country’s greatest fiction writers” and says that THE BOOK OF ARON is “one of Shepard’s most original masterpieces.”
http://www.npr.org/2015/05/05/403123023/no-easy-answers-in-the-book-of-aron
And so it begins…
In a review that couldn’t wait for the official pub date, The Washington Post calls Jim Shepard’s THE BOOK OF ARON a “masterpiece,” “essential Holocaust literature,” and says it “challenges each of us to greater courage.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-book-of-aron-by-jim-shepard-is-a-masterpiece/2015/04/28/0a159fe6-ea98-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html
This Just In…
Tobias Wolff joins Jim Shepard at Kepler’s in Menlo Park, CA on June 15. The two best mustaches in the country in conversation. Don’t miss it. http://www.keplers.com/event/jim-shepard-conversation-tobias-wolff
Jim Shepard Book Tour Updates
The Jim Shepard Book Tour is a living, breathing, changing beast. Current changes/updates:
May 16–In Conversation with Amy Hempel
May 17–Book/Plate Series
http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/jim-shepard-offsite
May 21–In Conversation with Joshua Ferris
http://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/jim-shepard-joshua-ferris-central-library-dweck-cen-052115
You Have Been Warned: The Jim Shepard Book Tour
THE BOOK OF ARON hits the stores on May 12. The book tour is a work in progress, but here are some dates to put in your calendars. In pen.
May 14–The Odyssey, South Hadley, MA
May 15–Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, MA
May 16–Newtonville Books, Newton, MA
May 17–Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, NY
May 18–Franklin Park Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY
May 19–Dallas, TX
May 20–Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX
May 21–Community Bookstore, New York, NY
May 25-26–Toronto, Canada
May 28–Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
June 2–Politics and Prose, Washington DC
June 3–Books and Books, Miami, FL
June 4–McNally Jackson, New York, NY
June 7–San Francisco, CA
June 11–Los Angeles, CA
June 12–Powell’s, Portland, OR
June 13-15–San Francisco, CA
June 17–Seattle, WA
June 18–Milwaukee, WI
June 23–Cleveland, OH
June 25–Oxford, MS
June 26–Nashville, TN
June 29-July 3–London, England
July 12-19–Tin House Writer’s Conference, Portland, OR
August 5–New York, NY (with the stunning and talented: Katherine Lee, Sandra Leong, and Bill O’Brien)
Okay, details to come, but consider yourself warned: Jim Shepard is hitting the road.
CANCELED!
Due to the storm of the century, my event at the New York Historical Society has been canceled. Stay warm!
Gearing up for the New York Historical Society
A taste of what we’ll be chatting about at the NY Historical Society on January 28th.
http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/the-celestials/
Behind the scenes trivia: I grew up around the corner from the Historical Society.
First Love
My essay on my daughter’s first break-up, appearing in the February issue of Good Housekeeping.
“Loser,” her brother said when he heard the boy had broken up with his sister by email. “Loser,” her brother said when he heard the boy had sent my daughter’s best friend over to do his dirty work for him.
“Well,” my husband said. “He is eleven.”
“And a boy,” I added.
Future boyfriends, beware. We’ve got her back. And, we’re writers…
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/parenting-tips/karen-shepard-parenting-essay