Robinson, Chast among book award finalists

NEW YORK – Novelist Marilynne Robinson, cartoonist Roz Chast and former U.S. poet laureate Louise Gluck are among this year’s finalists for the National Book Awards. Robinson was ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Leonard Cohen at 80: Still on top of his game

Leonard Cohen, “Popular Problems” (Columbia Records) There’s no reason, of course, why an artist should slow down at 80. If the mind is still sharp – and, as in Leonard Cohen’s ca...

DATE: Oct 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Panel zeroes in on restorative justice

This year’s Common Reading Experience, which is focused on Sister Helen Prejean’s book Dead Man Walking, will examine the issue of the death penalty through the lens of photography, theater,...

DATE: Oct 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Common reading and community dialogue

Annual program puts ‘Dead Man Walking’ in the spotlight

DATE: Oct 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Book Review: Couple finds a lost spark in Brightwell

Murder at the Brightwell (Minotaur), by Ashley Weaver At the heart of this light, energetic tale of a group of wealthy eccentrics on holiday at a seaside resort in England emerges...

DATE: Oct 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Isaacson’s new book tells of digital revolution

NEW YORK – Walter Isaacson has a different way of looking at history. Mention the second half of 1969 and he won’t talk about Woodstock or the moon landing but the development of ...

DATE: Oct 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

His namesake had a terrible, horrible day, but Alexander Viorst is doing just fine

WASHINGTON — Of all the great characters in children’s literature, only a select few achieve such fame that, like Madonna, they need only a first name: Eloise, Madeline, Ramona — and of cour...

DATE: Oct 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Modiano wins Nobel for works about Nazi occupation

STOCKHOLM – Patrick Modiano of France, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effects on his country, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for what one acade...

DATE: Oct 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Bets are on for literature Nobel winner

STOCKHOLM – Betting on French novelist Patrick Modiano to win the Nobel Prize in literature has surged before the award’s announcement on Thursday. Modiano, author of Missing Per...

DATE: Oct 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

10 life-changing powers and a path to peace

Local author pens uplifting new book

DATE: Oct 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Book review: Wry humor permeates A Demon Summer

A Demon Summer (Minotaur), by G.M. Malliet G.M. Malliet continues to update the traditional British village mystery in her highly entertaining A Demon Summer. While the village of...

DATE: Oct 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Lena Dunham sticks to candid style with new book

NEW YORK – In the pilot episode of “Girls,” Lena Dunham’s character, Hannah, tells her parents that she believes she’s meant to share her writing talent with others. “I think I ma...

DATE: Sep 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

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