Reading Romance

Displaying articles for: April 2009

April 06, 2009

Cinderella Stories

By Eloisa James

The allure of the classic rags-to-romance tale has proven a lot more durable than a glass slipper.

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About the Columnist
Eloisa James is a New York Times–bestselling author of historical romances and professor of English literature teaching Shakespeare at Fordham University. Her latest book is With This Kiss; she is also the author of the memoir Paris in Love.
Daybook

May 21: The musical smash hit Gypsy opened on Broadway on this day in 1959. The bestseller upon which the show is based, Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir Gypsy, told her life as a rags-to-naked success story, and added to…

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In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin. 

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When the Devil Drives

Thespian-turned-P.I. Jasmine Sharp searches for a missing actress and veteran detective Catherine MacLeod tries to solve the case of a murdered one. Their paths intertwine amid the Scottish theater community with uproarious and gory results. 

Story of My People

Recounting the struggles and eventual dissolution of a family textile business in Prato, Italy, Story of My People is a heartbreaking memoir about the personal impact of globalization.

My Struggle, Book Two

A controversial sensation in Norway, A Man in Love is the second book of six in the series, detailing Knausgaard’s separation from his wife, his move to Stolkholm and the dogged pursuit of a mesmerizing poet.