Good ReadsFebruary 22, 2024
Dangerous Territories These thought-provoking literary reads delve into the shadows of dangers lurking in contemporary life. C Pam Zhang, acclaimed for her debut novel, “How […]
ColumnsApril 13, 2024
Each of author Amor Towles’ bestselling books, “The Lincoln Highway,” “A Gentleman in Moscow,” and “Rules of Civility,” is surprisingly different from the others, and each has earned a spot on my highly recommended list.
ColumnsJanuary 11, 2024
Search For Absolution Award-winning novelist Alice McDermott’s “Absolution,” explores the experience of two very different women in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1963. As American wives of […]
ColumnsDecember 14, 2023
More Than Words on Paper Wrap up the year with tales that celebrate the power of books, bookstores, and libraries. Start with Michiko Aoyama’s internationally […]
ColumnsNovember 30, 2023
Best-Selling Hits & Misses Michael Lewis’s previous bestsellers, “The Big Short,” “Moneyball,” and “The Blind Side” were extremely popular and made into Oscar-nominated or winning […]
ColumnsOctober 26, 2023
Men on Missions Love him or loathe him, Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual, is worth reading about. Walter Isaacson, best-selling author of biographies of […]
WeddingsOctober 26, 2023
When I see the Sunday New York Times wrapped in that blue plastic delivery bag, I tear up. I used to save those bags for […]
ColumnsSeptember 28, 2023
Divine Connections The latest novel from National Book Award-winning author James McBride, “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store”, begins with a murder mystery and ends […]
ColumnsAugust 24, 2023
Take a riveting journey on an 18-th century British warship in David Grann’s harrowing story of survival, “The Wager — A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny […]
ColumnsJuly 1, 2023
Beach Burners Curtis Sittenfeld, best known for her novel “Prep”, takes on the rom-com genre with “Romantic Comedy”. Meet Sally, a “Saturday Night Live”-like comedy […]