May 21, 2012
Don’t miss Tayari Jones as she visits cities all over the country sharing the story of her Silver Sparrow, new in paperback. The Los Angeles Times called it “impossible to put down,” …
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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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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 …
January 5, 2011
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
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 …
Read More5 COMMENTSShare ThisDecember 30, 2010
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
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
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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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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