Category: goodies to go

This week I’m giving away an autographed copy of More Than They Could Chew (bought with my hard-earned cash, you lucky bastards.) The novel is set in Long Beach, California, where Nick Ray, an alcoholic night clerk, stumbles on a stash of computers with prized Witness Protection Program info on them. He decides to make a fortune off them. And it works, until he gets greedy. Anyway, you know the rules: First reader to email me with the subject line “More Than They Could Chew” gets the book.

Update: The winner is John Taylor.

I don’t get to read as much non-fiction as I used to, but Pooja Makhijani’s anthology of essays Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America definitely caught my eye. The essays are all by women looking back on how they experienced race as children, both in terms of exclusion and inclusion. I was happy to see another copy of the book turn up in the mail, courtesy of Avalon Publishing, and I’d like to give that one away. If you’re interested, send me email at llalami AT yahoo DOT com with the subject line Under Her Skin.

Update: The winner was Monica Jackson.

Rejection is part of the writer’s life and so Catherine Wald’s book, The Resilient Writer: Tales of Rejection and Triumph by Twenty Top Authors is of particular interest to those who’ve experienced the sting of the unsigned rejection (or, worse, an empty SASE.) My personal favorite remains one by C. Michael Curtis of The Atlantic, which managed to be both flattering and insulting in just two lines. This week’s giveaway is for you writers. The first person to email me a request at llalami AT yahoo DOT com will receive the book. Good luck.

Update: The winner is L. Alves from Brazil.

Here’s a special treat for you while I’m away. I have an extra copy of one of my favorite books: Mohammed Choukri’s Le Pain Nu. This is a classic of Moroccan literature with a lot of history–the banning, the translation by Paul Bowles, the alleged fight between the author and the translator over the copyright, etc. But really it comes down to an amazingly honest story, one that will grab you and not let go. This is a French translation, so you’ll actually need to speak Moliere’s language to get it. I’ll give it to the first person who emails me with his/her address.

Update: The winner is Natasha T. Congrats!