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January 7, 2011
Books in 2011: What Are You Looking Forward To Reading?
The Millions, one of our favorite literary blogs, has an excellent post on killer books coming down the pike–”Most Anticipated: The Great 2011 Book Preview.” We now have a ridiculously long list …
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January 6, 2011
Censor Huck Finn? Opinion Piece by Tayari Jones
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the NewSouth is publishing an updated version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that omits racially sensitive words. We consider this completely backwards and can’t …
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January 5, 2011
Water for Wednesdays
The release date of the Water for Elephants movie is set at April 22. (107 days away! I mean . . . not that I have a countdown clock on my desk …
January 3, 2011
What We’re Reading: Columbine by Dave Cullen
When I first read the reviews of Dave Cullen’s nonfiction book, Columbine, I was impressed, but something held me back from picking up a copy. Do I really want to read an account …
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December 30, 2010
Nailing the New Year’s Resolution by Caroline Leavitt
First let me say that a New Year’s resolution was my absolute last resort. For years I’d been trying to stop biting my nails, a habit that seemed encoded in my DNA …
December 29, 2010
Jewish Christmas Eve Lasagna by Lauren Grodstein
Because nobody thought to tell me otherwise, I believed in Santa Claus until I was eleven. This is not because I was a particularly gullible child, I don’t think – it’s just …
December 28, 2010
Another Late Christmas by Joseph Skibell
Last week in group therapy, people were complaining about the upcoming holidays. It was the seventh day of Hanukkah – that night, we’d be lighting the menorah for the last night – …
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December 27, 2010
O Christmas Tree by Jill McCorkle
It’s the week between Christmas and New Years. The joy and excitement (and stress) of Christmas are over, but the decorations can still be left alone. For now, at least. The New …
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