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On Saturday, July 18, at 3pm, Jacqueline LeKachman joins us for a workshop on selling personal essays to publications like Slate, The Guardian, and major newspapers like the Washington Post—without...
In August, Suzanne Uttaro Samuels brings her process for crafting historical fiction to The Sparkle. “Storylines & Bloodlines: Writing the Hidden Family Narrative,” funded by Poets & Writers throug...
Huge congratulations to Sparkle friend, memoirist extraordinaire, and award-winning author Lorraine Ash for her short memoir "Echoes of Summit Avenue," which appears in the collection 2026 Next Gen...
Author Nitsan Tal brings a personal tale of a family coming to recognize a father's bipolar disorder and what they had to do to manage as the illness threatened to tear them apart. We conversed wit...
Chris Barish is just about the nicest guy you can imagine, as well as a great storyteller who loves sports. He conceived of his new series, History’s Greatest Games, as a bridge between world event...
rebeccadonna copy bcf17fa1 Rebecca Watkins (Field Guide to Forgiveness) and I had a chat recently about what we hope to bring to our prose writing circles, which begin on Wednesday, April 8 at 5pm,...
Sparkle Bookstore owner Donna Miele has been fortunate to count Rockland Poet Laureate Juan Pablo Mobili as a friend through the county’s writing community for several years. He has also been a gre...
Anticipating Independent Bookstore Day, we’re highlighting one big reason for shopping indie. Your local booksellers and libraries are at the front lines of amplifying books that have been banned. ...
TrevinoCamino copy We caught up with author Christina Treviño as she prepared to bring El Camino del Destino to The Sparkle this Sunday. Admission is free, as for all our readings and signings, and...