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     |  The hot air and the cloudless vista bathe our sexy heroines and create a canvas that is more like a prison. I liked how the sister with the most to say has nothing to lose, and the other, well, she’s just in it for the sunshine. When she admits to herself that the only coping mechanism she has is to make fun of her sister in a stand up comedy routine. Continue reading A Map Of Modern Palm Springs by Emma Straub  No one escapes politics in The House on Paradise Street. Antigone was a communist insurgent during WW2, fighting in the mountains to rid Greece of the Nazis. Her sister Alexandra swung to the opposite pole and is traditionally religious and conservative. Her husband, Spiros, was a Nazi sympathizer, something that Alexandra doesn’t want to admit to herself or to anyone else. Continue reading The House on Paradise Street by Sofka Zinovief  Good Ink grew out of the Scout Book format, a pocket-sized, efficient, and all-around great format that was developed in 2009 to offer as a marketplace for custom notebooks and books. We’ve had a great response from the public, who loved the ability to easily create their own pocket notebooks and books. During the summer of 2011 we began discussing releasing more original content under the Scout Books banner, and the Good Ink imprint was born. The goal for us is to both publish work we are excited about and to inspire other creators to expand their ideas of what the Scout Book format can do. Continue reading Why We Love What We Do: Francois Vigneault  Mandel’s writing contains countless lines that might get overlooked, and it is not because of fast prose. She wanders, politely, and pauses just as you would in the middle of your day when your mind darts to something pure or radiant. Continue reading Lola Quartet by Emily St John Mandel  We’re undeniably obscure in this culture. The overwhelming majority of “famous novelists” are only really famous within the literary world; my suspicion is that a poll of the general population would report that Snooki has a higher level of name-recognition than, say, Jennifer Egan. I think of my audience as anyone who likes their fiction both literary and plot-driven. Continue reading Interview with Emily St John Mandel | ||||
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