Well hello there--
This is Jason Cannon with Ibis Books, and today is all about the next Ibis book being launched next week.
Here we go. Cover. Blurb. Author & Illustrator. And finally the links where you can read a free preview and then reserve your slot to meet the author at events next Monday and Tuesday!
COVER
BLURB
In the tradition of such beloved food writers as Ruth Reichl, Laurie Colwin, and Calvin Trillin, Carrie Seidman--an award-winning newspaper journalist for 45 years--serves forth A PLACE AT THE TABLE, a collection of food/memoir essays that got its start as a column for the late Albuquerque Tribune.
Drawing on her memories of growing, cooking, foraging for, eating, and talking about food with family, friends, and strangers, Seidman explores the intersection between what sustains us physically and how it binds us emotionally.
Whether creating pizza from scratch with a foster child who thinks it can only be delivered in a box, bemoaning the fate of a childhood pet who ended up in the freezer, or examining the impact of the loss of taste and smell from the Covid-19 virus, these timeless essays offer insight, humor, and storytelling as satisfying and comforting as a home-cooked meal.
Accompanied by charming chapter-head illustrations created by the author’s sister, a New Mexico artist, each commentary is followed by a treasured recipe from the Seidman family trove.
A PLACE AT THE TABLE will strike chords of remembrance and nostalgia in readers at a time when health and heritage have assumed a high priority and food has become an avenue for creativity, solace, and connection.
AUTHOR
Carrie Seidman is an award-winning career newspaper journalist who has served on the staffs of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, the Albuquerque Journal, and Albuquerque Tribune. Since 2010 she has served as a columnist, dance critic, and arts writer for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on Florida’s Gulf coast.
Seidman’s columns, reviews, and long-form narratives have earned honors from local, state, and national journalism and mental health organizations, including Mental Health America’s National Media Award and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editor’s Gold Medal for Public Service.
A PLACE AT THE TABLE is her second book. Her previous book, FACEing MENTAL ILLNESS: THE ART OF ACCEPTANCE, showcased profiles and artwork from her award-winning year-long mental health fellowship project for the Carter Center for Mental Health Journalism.
A graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University School of Journalism, Seidman is the mother of a one adult son who lives with genetic and mental health disorders.
A two-time breast cancer survivor and lifelong dancer, she enjoys ballroom dancing, yoga, and long-distance walking.
ILLUSTRATOR
Tracy Seidman (1951-2023) was an award-winning artist and illustrator, as well as the longtime manager of a working cattle ranch for 50 years. She is renowned for her pine needle baskets, embellished with beadwork, flint, and porcupine quills, created in the authentic Native American tradition, as well as for uniquely creative maps of Southwestern ranches.
The divorced parent of two adult children, she spent most of her life on the Wagon Mound Ranch in remote northeastern New Mexico, outside the small village of Wagon Mound. It is there she was buried after succumbing to an inoperable brain cancer in August 2023, just before this book was completed. These illustrations are among the last works of art she created.
FREE PREVIEW LINK
Check out the intro and first five delicious food essays and recipes by clicking the button below!
A PLACE AT THE TABLE free preview
LAUNCH EVENTS WITH CARRIE
Click a link below and reserve your slot! Copies will be available to purchase, and Carrie will be there to autograph 'em and do some yummy q&a.
Monday, December 18, at Bookstore1, 5-6pm
Tuesday, December 19, at the Senior Friendship Center, 4:30-6pm
And if you can't make one of those events, starting on Monday the ebook will be available at the Ibis Bookstore and the paperback will be available at Amazon.
Have a great weekend!
Jason "Double-Barreled Launcher" Cannon
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