Here are the German and Taiwanese editions of my novel. They’re both so cool! I love how bicycles figure into most of the covers for the book. My bicycle always symbolized freedom for me when I was a teenager. When I won the Hopwood award, the first thing I bought was a cool cruiser with 21 gears. Now it’s in the basement. Must dig it up and take a celebratory, summer ride!
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A Map of Home has won the Arab American Book Award for best fiction of 2008. Woo hoo! The ceremony will take place in November at the Natioanl Arab American Museum in Dearborn. Other winners include Naomi Shihab Nye and Suheir Hammad. We’re gonna par
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Also, my german book tour is shaping up for September to coincide with the German edition of the novel. I’ll post details soon.
And last, the Penguin paperback is now available to preorder. Check out the snazzy new cover!
I’m currently preparing to move, writing, and reading: State of Grace, Joy Williams; Maggie the Mechanic, Jaime Hernandez; and One Writer’s Beginnings, Eudora Welty. It’s finally warm in Michigan! I’m also putting together my paperback tour for A Map of Home. Want me to visit your town? Drop me a line at randajarrar on the g to the mail.
