All Over the Map is out in paperback! Even though I love the hardback as an object--the cover is beautiful--it's probably best as a paperback, a great read to take along on a summer trip to the beach (or to the couch). I've been delighted and humbled by all of the responses … [Read more...]
Savoring Sicily
My friend Fabrizia Lanza, the director of the Anna Tasca Lanza Sicilian Cooking Courses, will be here February 13th, and I'm throwing a reception with her at the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, where we'll taste some Sicilian wine and foccaccia, talk about Sicilian cuisine … [Read more...]
Q&A with Packing for Mars author Mary Roach
I'm so excited about the success of my friend Mary Roach's new book, Packing for Mars, a hilarious look at life at zero-gravity. Here's a Q&A she did with me about All Over the Map: Q&A with Mary Roach MR: I loved your new book, Laura. I found it to be really … [Read more...]
Interview in Smith Magazine
This interview with Cathy Alter (author of a funny memoir called Up for Renewal, on spending a year living from the advice of women's magazines, answers, among other things, the question of why I wrote An Italian Affair in the second person, and All Over the Map in the first. … [Read more...]