Obama Still Loves Groff’s ‘Fates, Furies’ COOPERSTOWN – Lauren Groff, Cooperstown’s best-selling novelist, is again on President Obama’s “must read” list for 2018 for “Fates & Furies,” according to an interview by New York Times’ book critic Michiko Kakutani. Groff’s short-story collection, “Florida,” this year was a National Book Award finalist, the second time for the daughter of Dr. Gerry and Jeannine Groff.…
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Lauren’s ‘Florida’ In Top 10 For Award, Sarah Still Among Top U.S. Contenders COOPERSTOWN – It’s been quite a week for the Groff family of Cooperstown, mom Jeannine reports. Novelist Lauren Groff’s short-story collection, “Florida,” advanced to the top 10 candidates for this year’s National Book Award in the fiction category. Lauren’s “Fates and Furies,” hailed by President Obama as his favorite book of 2015, made the top 10 list that year. Her sister, Olympian Sarah Groff, finished as first…
George Saunders Crafts Aphorism For Chipotle’s ‘Cultivating Thought’ ONEONTA – National Book Award finalist and New York Times best-selling author George Saunders joins fellow authors Malcolm Gladwell, Toni Morrison and Sheri Fink as part of the Jonathan Safran Foer-curated “Cultivating Thought” series at Chipotle Mexican Grill, which features short stories on the company’s drink cups and take-out bags. Saunders, an Oneonta resident, writes: “Hope that, in the future, all is well, everyone eats free, no one must work, all just sit around feeling…