Conversations

This past spring former NBCC board member Steve Weinberg published Taking on the Trust:The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller, an account of the clash between one

Evanescent Isles: From My City-Village, Hong Kong University Press, 2008. Xu Xi is one of Hong Kong’s leading English language writers. She is the author of seven books of fiction

And now for something completely different…sort of. This year, I received five poetry books with CDs, so I was forced to take note. At first, the technophobe in me scoffed

Boy with Flowers, Barrow Street Press, 2008. Ely Shipley currently teaches and studies at the University of Utah; he will receive his doctoral degree in Literature and Creative Writing this

from Unincorporated Territory, Tinfish Press, 2008. Craig Santos Perez is a native Chamorro from the Pacific Island of Guahan (Guam). He is the co-founder of Achiote Press and a doctoral

Salman Rushdie, author of the recently minted “The Enchantress of Florence,” winner of the Best of the Booker for “Midnight’s Children,” founder of PEN’s World Voices Festival, and ally of

Hallelujah Blackout, Milkweed Editions, 2008. Alex Lemon’s first collection, Mosquito, was published by Tin House Books. He has received grants from National Endowment for the Arts and from the Minnesota

Cities of Flesh and the Dead, Elixir Press, 2008. Diann Blakely is the author of three books including Hurricane Walk and Farewell, My Lovelies. The recipient of the Alice Fay

Primera Pagina: Poetry from the Latino Heartland, Scapegoat Press, 2008. Speaking on behalf of the Latino Writers Collective is Linda Rodriguez, who heads the marketing and publicity of this literary