![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_1f77985d56904ee2ac9a2266f8b25770~mv2_d_4288_2848_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/e11406_1f77985d56904ee2ac9a2266f8b25770~mv2_d_4288_2848_s_4_2.webp)
![An Interview with Nadia Hashimi, author of A House Without Windows](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_1f77985d56904ee2ac9a2266f8b25770~mv2_d_4288_2848_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/e11406_1f77985d56904ee2ac9a2266f8b25770~mv2_d_4288_2848_s_4_2.webp)
An Interview with Nadia Hashimi, author of A House Without Windows
Today, I'd like to introduce you to Nadia Hashimi, and her brilliant book, A House without Windows, which is the story of a woman accused...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_03b24a54564e47689094bfa0c777af75~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/e11406_03b24a54564e47689094bfa0c777af75~mv2.webp)
![Lunch with Book People](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_03b24a54564e47689094bfa0c777af75~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/e11406_03b24a54564e47689094bfa0c777af75~mv2.webp)
Lunch with Book People
Last week was the most exciting week of my life. At noon, I slipped out of the conference I was attending in Midtown Manhattan and walked...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_d68c37ecf0ce45ef8716072ad38c5f87~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/e11406_d68c37ecf0ce45ef8716072ad38c5f87~mv2.webp)
![The 3 Best Literary Books of the Year](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_d68c37ecf0ce45ef8716072ad38c5f87~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_183,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/e11406_d68c37ecf0ce45ef8716072ad38c5f87~mv2.webp)
The 3 Best Literary Books of the Year
Bear with me, because at first this is going to sound like a hard sell. I want you to read about the torture of twins at Auschwitz, the...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_f12c67350c9543989da6e56b6db87a02~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/e11406_f12c67350c9543989da6e56b6db87a02~mv2.webp)
![Authors out of Carolina: Engaging Women's Fiction](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_f12c67350c9543989da6e56b6db87a02~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/e11406_f12c67350c9543989da6e56b6db87a02~mv2.webp)
Authors out of Carolina: Engaging Women's Fiction
The Gilded Age of New York. Suburban secrets among the picket-fence set. An 1800’s shipwreck in the Carolinas carrying a famous daughter....
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_b8fac11de0a8473ba93141ba73252856~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/e11406_b8fac11de0a8473ba93141ba73252856~mv2.webp)
![Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_b8fac11de0a8473ba93141ba73252856~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_185,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/e11406_b8fac11de0a8473ba93141ba73252856~mv2.webp)
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
Note from Kimmery: all middle grade books with boy protagonists are reviewed by my ten year-old son, Alex, and may contain spoilers. If...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_230ceba1e83f4c79aab7573ed9717305~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/e11406_230ceba1e83f4c79aab7573ed9717305~mv2.webp)
![An Interview with Jennifer Close, author of The Hopefuls](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e11406_230ceba1e83f4c79aab7573ed9717305~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/e11406_230ceba1e83f4c79aab7573ed9717305~mv2.webp)
An Interview with Jennifer Close, author of The Hopefuls
You gotta love our civil, logical political system. Wait, no! I have that exactly backwards. But here's an unanticipated benefit to our...