11.02.2009

Going Away Shoes: Review Haiku


Small-town women trapped
in various boxes try
to escape, but don't.


Going Away Shoes: Stories by Jill McCorkle. Algonquin, 2009, 272 pages.

3 comments:

  1. Oh, I LOVE Jill McCorkle! I'm so glad to see this.

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  2. Hello Emily,
    I am an intern at Simon & Schuster in the children’s department, and I was hoping I could get your mailing address. We would love to be able to send books for possible reviews in your blogs and other promotional information. If you would like to specify what kinds of children's books you prefer, I will happily make a note of it for you. My email address is Rainna.Erikson@simonandschuster.com.
    Sincerely, Rainna Erikson
    Publicity Intern
    Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
    1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
    (212) 698-1228

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  3. Hi, Rainna (and any other publicity folks out there),

    Because of my day job (senior editor at Charlesbridge), I don't accept review copies. It feels all squishy and conflict-of-interest-y and, since I can swipe from booths at ALA and such, unnecessary.

    Thanks for asking, though!

    -em

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