A curiously empty memoir of what went on in George W. Bush's White House by the former president's political strategist. A curiously empty memoir of what went on in George W. Bush's...
Authors may gear their novels toward the junior and senior high crowd, but adults are snapping up the books, often about misfit teens or fantasy worlds. Authors may gear their novels toward the...
Must everything be turned into pop cultural slogans? the poet asks in his new collection. Must everything be turned into pop cultural slogans? the poet asks in his new collection. ...
A poignant memoir of how grandparents fill the gap left when their daughter dies. A poignant memoir of how grandparents fill the gap left when their daughter dies. ...
Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney were fun-loving souls who married only to die soon after. Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney were fun-loving souls who married only to die soon after. ...
The idyllic environment of school life in Carol Goodman's 'Arcadia Falls' is undercut by secrets of the most threatening kind. Carol Goodman's "Arcadia Falls" finds something sinister behind a school's idyllic setting. ...
With publisher publicity departments backing away from traditional author tours, writers are left to their own devices (and strangers' couches). With publisher publicity departments backing away from traditional author tours, writers are left to...
In his media manifesto, a fed-up author makes a case for reality. In his media manifesto, a fed-up author makes a case for reality.
A superior account of one of American sports' most compelling, complicated figures. When I was a boy, my father took me to see my first live professional basketball game downtown at the Sports...
A writer goes undercover as a 'church lady' to write an account of being a member of an evangelical church. The book becomes a melodrama, with the author in the role of...
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