Urban plagues and Civil War topics of this southern author
‘Something Rich and Strange’ offers beautiful and searing stories
DATE: Nov 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
Fighting for our wild places
Naturalist, author invited as part of wilderness celebration
DATE: Nov 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
Read & watch: A guide to unconventional chills for Halloween
I have been thinking a lot about Halloween this week, since I am of an age where the holiday both means friends are dressing up their infant children for the first time, while other friends ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
Book digs into living, aging artfully
Author gives advice for long, healthy life
DATE: Oct 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
New book offers Game of Thrones back story
NEW YORK (AP) – George R.R. Martin knows all the signs of Boba Fett Syndrome.
Named for the minor “Star Wars” character who fans demanded to know more about, Boba Fett Syndrome is...
DATE: Oct 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
40 years later, Power Broker is standard reading
NEW YORK – Carl Weisbrod was two years out of graduate school, planning a career in law, when a new book about municipal builder Robert Moses changed his life: Robert Caro’s The Power Broker...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
Fighting for a more compassionate society
Sister Helen Prejean to speak at event today
DATE: Oct 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
TV pioneer and sitcom king Norman Lear pens a book
NEW YORK – From the moment Norman Lear began writing his memoir, he knew what the first line would be: “When I was a boy I thought that if I could turn a screw in my father’s head just a six...
DATE: Oct 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
Review: Book looks at costs of pork production
The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food (Harper), by Ted Genoways
When the recession took hold six years ago and consumers stopped eating high on the hog, the giant mea...
DATE: Oct 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books
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
