None of us have ever seen a memoir done in this way-329 pages of graphic And then I thought about it all the next day.” In gray and black and white, and yet I was so moved … “ Mavens are piling into our cars and heading south from Kalamazoo and into the country to talk to David about Stitches. And there are many more such books, many more such accolades. Their book, The Gardener, won the 1997 Caldecott Honor and The Christopher Medal. They are a wonderfully collaborative team of author and illustrator, authorĪnd author, and together have filled bookshelves with award-winning children’s books. Live in an 1833 farmhouse on the edge of Mendon. Sarah Stewart, David’s wife, will be alongside him as we all meet for a book club lunch at The Public House in tiny town Mendon, tucked away in the green and lush countryside of southwest Michigan, on the edge of St. Indeed, on this drizzly day, we are getting two authors for the price of one. Spring heats up toward summer, this literary group of women has decided to meet another author with Michigan roots- David Small. The Smoking Poet no doubt enjoyed the Book Mavens interview with author Marge Piercy in our Spring 2010 issue. Often we meet at one of our homes, sometimes we meet at the organic restaurant in downtown Kalamazoo-Foodĭance Café-for breakfast and books. Rain in the car pool lot next to Interstate 131, waiting for all Book Mavens to gather.
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