Alexis Coe's Blog
March 18, 2020
George Washington's Diseases Survived
Hello from quarantine! I thought it might be a good time to check out a handy list I put at the front of YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST: A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
I hope it tempts you to order from your local indie, which could use the sale to stay afloat and is also likely allowing pickups during certain hours, so you can get out of the house (with hand sanitizer and a healthy dose of social distancing), too!
https://www.indiebound.org/book/97807...
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George WashingtonYou Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
I hope it tempts you to order from your local indie, which could use the sale to stay afloat and is also likely allowing pickups during certain hours, so you can get out of the house (with hand sanitizer and a healthy dose of social distancing), too!
https://www.indiebound.org/book/97807...
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George WashingtonYou Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
October 4, 2014
Book Tour Schedule
I want to meet all of you!
Memphis, October 9th: The Booksellers at Laurelwood
Memphis, October 10th: The MGLCC
Nashville, October 12th: The Southern Festival of Books, signing at Parnassus
San Francisco, October 22: The Booksmith, in conversation with Mallory Ortberg
Brooklyn, October 25th: BookCourt
Astoria, October 28th: Astoria Bookshop
Bronxville, October 29th: Sarah Lawrence
NYC, October 30th: Bookstore Café-Housing Works, in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald
San Francisco, November 9th: Folio Books
San Francisco, November 18th: Book Passage at the Ferry Building
Memphis, October 9th: The Booksellers at Laurelwood
Memphis, October 10th: The MGLCC
Nashville, October 12th: The Southern Festival of Books, signing at Parnassus
San Francisco, October 22: The Booksmith, in conversation with Mallory Ortberg
Brooklyn, October 25th: BookCourt
Astoria, October 28th: Astoria Bookshop
Bronxville, October 29th: Sarah Lawrence
NYC, October 30th: Bookstore Café-Housing Works, in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald
San Francisco, November 9th: Folio Books
San Francisco, November 18th: Book Passage at the Ferry Building
The New Yorker recommends AFF!
"[Coe] retells it here with the color and liveliness of a novel." http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
September 2, 2014
"a psychotic murderer and a scorned lesbian"
"In revisiting such a fascinating and nearly forgotten true-crime event, Coe argues that the societal, gender and cultural restraints of the era limited the options and civic compassion that could’ve been visited upon Alice, a woman the author presents as both a psychotic murderer and a scorned lesbian—yet it remains a mystery which personality trait took such drastic vengeance on that fateful day."--Kirkus
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...
July 30, 2014
The Astoria Bookshop
New Yorkers! Join me at the Astoria Bookshop on October 28th! https://www.facebook.com/events/25264...
July 13, 2014
Southern Festival of Books
I'll be hanging out with the likes of Gary Shteyngart, Karen Abbott (<3<3<3), Lev Grossman, and Maggie Shipstead at the Southern Festival of Books in October. Hope to see you in Nashville!
http://www.humanitiestennessee.org/ar...
http://www.humanitiestennessee.org/ar...
June 5, 2014
Blurbs!
“Alice and Freda’s tragic story gives a fascinating glimpse of 19th Century America’s attempts to comprehend passion it has no language to acknowledge. Hauntingly enhanced by Sally Klann’s illustrations, Alexis Coe’s skillful research and documentation never distract from her heartbreaking narrative.” —Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity
“Though the history recounted in Alexis Coe’s Alice + Freda Forever is captivating in its own right, Coe also provides a larger context for it, elevating this to the level of a societal indictment. This story of a star-crossed love with a violent ending at times reads like a microcosm of Memphis at the end of the 19th century. As Coe’s narrative delves into perceptions of sexuality and the ways in which the case touched on different aspects of daily life, it never loses sight of the tragic romance at its core.” —Tobias Carroll, Managing Editor, Vol.1 Brooklyn
“With prose that simmers with intellect and longing, conscience and sly eloquence, Alexis Coe has finally granted Alice and Freda the one thing they so desperately lacked in life: the grace of a story beautifully told.” —Avi Steinberg, author of Running the Books
“Alexis Coe rescues a buried but extraordinarily telling episode from the 1890′s that resonates in all sorts of ways with today. That in itself would be an accomplishment. But this is a book that is truly riveting, a narrative that gallops. Lizzy Borden eat your heart out. Here’s a real crime of passion. Or was it? ”And so Alice carried the razor around every day in her dress pocket, just in case Freda came to town…” I dare you to pick this one up and try, just try to put it down.” —Peter Orner, author of Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge and Esther Stories
“Though the history recounted in Alexis Coe’s Alice + Freda Forever is captivating in its own right, Coe also provides a larger context for it, elevating this to the level of a societal indictment. This story of a star-crossed love with a violent ending at times reads like a microcosm of Memphis at the end of the 19th century. As Coe’s narrative delves into perceptions of sexuality and the ways in which the case touched on different aspects of daily life, it never loses sight of the tragic romance at its core.” —Tobias Carroll, Managing Editor, Vol.1 Brooklyn
“With prose that simmers with intellect and longing, conscience and sly eloquence, Alexis Coe has finally granted Alice and Freda the one thing they so desperately lacked in life: the grace of a story beautifully told.” —Avi Steinberg, author of Running the Books
“Alexis Coe rescues a buried but extraordinarily telling episode from the 1890′s that resonates in all sorts of ways with today. That in itself would be an accomplishment. But this is a book that is truly riveting, a narrative that gallops. Lizzy Borden eat your heart out. Here’s a real crime of passion. Or was it? ”And so Alice carried the razor around every day in her dress pocket, just in case Freda came to town…” I dare you to pick this one up and try, just try to put it down.” —Peter Orner, author of Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge and Esther Stories
