Books Archive
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Jeanette Winterson and the power of prose
Posted on July 21, 2012 | No CommentsWinterson’s childhood is as grim and dysfunctional as many other best-sellers. Yet her memoir is breathtaking, not only because of her hopeful and resilient spirit, but because of the way she tells her tale. -
Where the wild Avengers are
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsNot that they have anything to do with each other, but Maurica Sendak died this week and The Avengers is a big hit movie, so here's what they look like thrown together, maybe . . . -
Upper class twit defends his throne
Posted on May 4, 2012 | 1 CommentA new book written by one of Mitt Romney's immensely wealthy friends defending one of the world's most misunderstood minorities -- super-rich financiers -- is lighting up the internet . . . -
A first approach to David Foster Wallace
Posted on February 25, 2012 | No CommentsIf author and journalist David Foster Wallace had not committed suicide in 2008, he would have turned 50 this week. If you haven't read his work yet, here's an easy way to get started. -
No deathbed conversion for Christopher Hitchens
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsIn a media environment dominated by bootlickers, sycophants and hacks, few writers escape the constricting demands of politics and money . . . -
Science and art: No longer strange bedfellows
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsEverywhere I look lately, I find instances of science and art hanging out together. Here are two new examples worth checking out. -
Hark! A Vagrant: Book, blog or both
Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsI stumbled across the blog "Hark! A Vagrant" after my local bookstore recommended graphic artist Kate Beaton's new book by the same name. After a few minutes on the site, I wanted to buy the book. -
Smith, Mapplethorpe, Wall Street protest: Smells like teen spirit
Posted on October 18, 2011 | No CommentsDoes the New York of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe still exist? Maybe not in Chelsea anymore, but take a stroll down to Zuccotti Park . . . -
This just in: The Jungle Book heads to the stage
Posted on October 14, 2011 | 1 CommentYou heard it here first. Disney’s next big work for the theater is taking shape -- an adaptation of its wonderful, classic animation feature, “The Jungle Book.” -
Partying in the garden of beasts
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, by Erik Larson, isn't slowing in popularity -- and with good reason.
