Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
31 HOURS By Masha Hamilton Unbridled. 229 pp. $24.95 Masha Hamilton's career as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East gives her new novel, "31 Hours," the authority of a true witness. It's the desperate story of a disenchanted young American coached by Islamic radicals plotting an act of ter...
Iron Caisson (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... Lauren Groff Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories Tina May Hall All the Day's Sad Stories Masha Hamilton 31 Hours Samantha Harvey The Wilderness Elina Hirvonen When I Forgot Joanna Howard On the Winding Stair Michelle Huneven Blame Tania James The Atlas of Unknowns Holly Goddard Jones Girl Trouble Toni Jordan Addition Stephanie Kallos Sing Them Home Laura Kasischke In a Perfect...
Practicing Writing (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
As promised, I present to you guest commentary from Lisa Romeo on the craft decisions that went into "43 Lies About My Child," a recent winner in Masha Hamilton's 31 Hours Parents' Intuition Contest. Thank you so much, Lisa, for sharing this with us.I actually still don't know what to properly call this piece. It's definitely creative nonfiction, and in my mind, a type of personal...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... an entire village with the help of a few friends. Women Speaking Their Minds Novelist Masha Hamilton started the Afghan Women's Writing Project after a visit to Afghanistan in 2008. She saw that Afghan women were quickly losing their independence so she set up a Web site where teachers and writers in the U.S. could mentor female Afghan writers online and post portions of their firsthand...
Crazy Cozy Murders (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... made it sound like an awesome book, so I'm curious! Kathy from bermudaonion , who talked about Masha Hamilton's 31 Hours and was very secretive about the plot, but from what I know about her taste in books, this might just be the one for me! Lenore from Presenting Lenore , who reviewed Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman. This seems like such a fun book to read! She also talked about...
Follow The Reader (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... Come enjoy the Texas Book Festival this weekend downtown Austin Free first chapter (pdf) of Masha Hamilton’s 31 Hours (I guess that’s like 1 free hour?) from Unbridled Mark your calendars: November 11th – NYC’rs can hear about reading in a digital age with Lisa Holton and other bookish visionaries Twitter tips compiled by Alice Pope, editor of Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s...
Lisa Romeo Writes (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
A short, nontraditional piece I wrote is one of five winners in the 31 Hours Contest, featuring essays about parental intuition. The pieces are featured on the website of author Masha Hamilton, who ran the contest in connection with her new novel, 31 Hours , which traces a mother's deep intuition about her son through a compelling story of compassion and complications. You can read the...
