Give a Book to a Stranger
I used to come across countless mass market books, genre stuff mostly, that was being thrown away. I would grab a stack and at night drive to a nearby neighborhood and put a different book in each mailbox.…
Read MoreI used to come across countless mass market books, genre stuff mostly, that was being thrown away. I would grab a stack and at night drive to a nearby neighborhood and put a different book in each mailbox.…
Read MoreThere isn’t a lot that can be done about the mountain of reading material which sits around my reading desk. Well, that’s a lie.…
Read MoreIn no television show in the land will you find a guest who will complain that they suffer from high self-esteem.…
Read MoreWhat if you sent your first editions to a famous author to get signed, and this author didn’t send them back?…
Read MoreIf you read the blog, you know how much I loved this collection. Full disclosure, the author sent me cookies. (after I reviewed the book) A video for the upcoming Birds of a Lesser Paradise.…
Read MorePraise be, a brilliant debut novel reminiscent of the moral explorations of Iris Murdoch and Zadie Smith but younger in temperament, more directly passionate and theatrical.…
Read MoreMaybe it was a particular incident that caused emotional destruction, incest, rape, a child predator, whatever. In the end, the brother and sister played by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in the searing but warmly realistic ‘Shame’, are so clearly ruined that it is hard to imagine a pain they have not endured.…
Read MoreHere’s an apocalyptic vision for you: Imagine a world without independent bookstores. Think of all the money consumers would save if they didn’t have an independent literary culture in their neighborhood!…
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