by Lise Funderburg | Aug 2, 2010 | Word Up
The very word makes me want to go lie down, but every writer who wants more than just her spouse and mother to read her book (much less buy it), needs to have a platform. A platform is what I bring to the table, a promise to publishers that I have a network, a...
by Lise Funderburg | Sep 10, 2009 | THE NEXT 4 YEARS, Uncategorized, Word Up
Last night, I was not only deeply offended by Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) outburst during the President’s Health Care address, but I also wondered if he would have felt so free to be that rude to a white President. Offended citizens jammed Wilson’s website...
by Lise Funderburg | May 27, 2009 | Food, Word Up
Left Philly at 5:15 yesterday morning to make it to Southern Pines, NC, in time for a 4 pm reading at the Country Book Shop. This is my week for touring NC with the paperback of Pig Candy, and I’m concentrated in the Triangle Area of Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill...
by Lise Funderburg | May 12, 2009 | Word Up
Pig Candy is officially out in paperback today! Please pick up a copy this week for everyone you know, want to know, or have ever heard of. “Candid and moving.” –Edwidge Danticat “Perfectly plotted.” –Kirkus Reviews “A...
by Lise Funderburg | May 2, 2009 | Word Up
Check out this new Q&A with the esteemed indie bookseller, Powell’s. When I was at Reed College, in Portland, OR, Powell’s was my bookstore. Even then, so many moons (and decades) ago, it was a treasure trove for booklovers. Still is. The wacky...
by Lise Funderburg | Apr 21, 2009 | Food, THE NEXT 4 YEARS, THRIFT, Word Up
When Pig Candy came out last May, of course John roasted a pig for me…and 150 of our closest 6th Borough buds. To further celebrate the book’s release, our poet/chef friend Sebastian (author of To the Bone) made collards, my mom’s neighbor Jim made...
