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Burning Questions
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TRUE STORY
Dear Burning Questions What has become of Jonathan Safran Foer? I enjoyed his two novels very much, and anxiously await another. He and I share a passion for the 20th-century American assemblage artist Joseph Cornell, and the book Foer edited, A Convergence of Birds, Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Works of Joseph Cornell, is definitely on my bookshelf. Where is his fiction?
Sandy Ford
It may be some time before we see more fiction from Foer, whose first two novels, both published before he turned 30, brought him fame, fortune and the envy of his writing colleagues. The author is currently working on two nonfiction projects. Though his publisher, Houghton Mifflin, has not yet announced publication dates for either book, Foer shared a few details about his works-in-progress with a Berlin audience last year. As reported by the Jewish Daily Forward, Foer is writing a book based on the idea that "what you eat matters more than what you drive, in terms of the effect on the environment." He has interviewed specialists in biology, farming, ethics and nutrition from across the country to prove that point. The book will describe those adventures and what they mean for the future of food and the world. During the same speech, Foer spoke about his second project, which he was in Berlin to work on with more than 20 collaborators: a new English version of the Passover Haggadah. Foer says the remade Haggadah will emphasize the text's traditional celebration of "the movement toward freedom," creating a book that is "experimental and richly designed, and hopefully more fun to read."
A LOT OF LES Judging from the number of inquiries we receive about Cleveland-based mystery writer Les Roberts, many of you will be pleased to know that his latest (and long-awaited) Milan Jacovich novel will be published next month. King of the Holly Hop (Gray & Company) finds ex-cop Jacovich at his 40th high school reunion. Old home week is interrupted when a former classmate is found dead, another is named as the likely murderer and Jacovich gets pulled into the case. Meanwhile, those of you unfamiliar with the series can get all caught up, thanks to Gray & Company's paperback reissues of all 13 of the previous books.
FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS This month, BookPage romance columnist Christie Ridgway releases a new novel. How to Knit a Wild Bikini (Berkley, $7.99, 304 pages, ISBN 9780425221938) brings together a no-nonsense chef and a devil-may-care men's magazine editor in a Malibu beach house—with deliciously romantic results. Two other occasional BookPage contributors also have new books that appear in this issue. Joni Rendon's first book is a literary travel guide, Novel Destinations, and Tasha Alexander is publishing her third mystery starring Lady Emily Ashton, A Fatal Waltz.
CRIMINAL ENDEAVORS The Mystery Writers of America recently handed out the 2008 Edgar Awards for top crime writing in several categories. The winners included: Best Novel: Down River by John Hart
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