A beautiful book that seems so true to life and vibrant that it feels much more like a memoir than a…
The Summer of Ulysses – Birmingham’s The Most Dangerous Book and Arroyo’s new illustrated Ulysses
Two books that I made my way through this summer were the newly illustrated Eduardo Arroyo edition of James Joyce’s…
Toxic Gonzo Live! Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut
I never knew that Kurt Vonnegut had two plays in his repertoire… but after reading Casey Sherman’s Helltown (see my…
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
While Anthony Marra has had a wonderfully successful career prior to Mercury Pictures Presents, this was the first book of…
Helltown by Casey Sherman
Casey Sherman is a juggernaut in New England true crime, but I am not at all a reader of true…
New Publication: “On The Subway To Work With A Better Class of People, by Robert Lopez”
“There is a book in here I read every day. I start at the beginning and read on through till…
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
This is already my favorite book I have read this year. Sure, it’s a little bit far into the year…
New Publication: “Step Aside, Gray Lady.”
A new publication was published today, “Step Aside, Gray Lady: Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank’s Reckoning with Bigotry on Broadway”…
The Hidden Passions: Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman
Lillian Fishman’s Acts of Service is a brutal, labyrinthine novel about a young woman navigating a maze of sexual expectations…
Inseparable by Simone de Beauvoir, Translated by Sandra Smith
This is a candid and gorgeous portrait of an intimate relationship between two young women at the height of stepping…