Literary Lagniappe

In Literary Lagniappe we share extra tidbits about our experiences as writers and other sundry musings.

Is the Key to Being Resilient, Keeping Hope Realistic? An Interview with Memoirist, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Book Club Questions, Interviews, Memoir, on Writing, Reviews

In this memoir, we meet Becky Galli. We are first introduced to the author's life while she is safely ensconced in a pretty idyllic 1960s southern upbringing-complete with the pastor father and a stay-at-ho... Read More...

Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World by Mitch Prinstein

Maribel Garcia

Book Club Profiles, Book Club Questions, Interviews, on Books

What matters? Waking up with general good health? Hot water in the shower? That first mug of coffee in the morning? The knowledge that you have a roof over your head? Or is popularity? Our desire to be liked an... Read More...

Best Books of 2017

Kristin Jacobson

Best of 2017, Literary Lagniappe, on Books, Reviews

Our talented literary critics share their top choices of the year. Tabitha's Top Picks: The Next, Stephanie Gangi's debut novel, combines a page-turning thriller with the deep, complicated relationships typical of women’s fiction. And it’s a ghost story! Joa... Read More...

Is Memoir Vanity or An Act of Love? By Susan G. Weidener

Susan Weidener

Memoir, on Creativity, on Writing

Not everyone understands why some write their memoirs. They dismiss it as narcissistic vanity. Why write something so personal they ask? Who cares? Stories are my passion, so I am biased that writing memoir,... Read More...

Family Myths and the Memoir Writer by Susan G. Weidener

Susan Weidener

Memoir, on Writing

The memoir writer has the unenviable task of breaking through the family myths to get to the heart of her story and the people who populate it. Too often we bow “to the legend,” as Virginia Woolf writes in her ... Read More...

I Ran into Monica Lewinsky Recently and Learned Something…

Maribel Garcia

Literary Lagniappe

There I was, trying to think of ways that Book Club Babble could raise awareness about bullying since October is National Bullying Prevention Month. I started to mentally put together a list of painfully honest, yet hopeful memoirs on the subject. Then I thou... Read More...

Under a Sardinian Sky – An Interview with Sara Alexander

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, on Books

Mina, a London-based travel writer, returns to her family's home in Sardinia to bury an aunt. With her mother also gravely ill, she worries that her family's history will be lost as the last of that generation ... Read More...

The Author’s Cut: Upcoming Events

Kristin Jacobson

Literary Lagniappe, The Author's Cut

The Author's Cut Chat, ask questions and interact with the author and our expert panel of writers and readers. The Author's Cut offers the only inside and online perspective of your favorite books! Upcoming E... Read More...

Author Spotlight – Delilah Dawson

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, on Books, on Creativity, on Publishing, on Writing

Delilah Dawson first caught my attention when she wrote a short story for the Star Wars franchise titled Star Wars: The Perfect Weapon. When I looked into her other work, I learned she had an impressive resume of speculative fiction, from dystopian to paranorm... Read More...

BCB starts an online book club!

Kristin Jacobson

Literary Lagniappe

Please join us for the BCB version of an online book club! We hope to bring passionate readers together to discuss books from many different genres and subject matters. We will only be discussing books we LOVE ... Read More...