I got my hands on Adam Wilson’s new collection of short stories, What’s Important is…
You’re probably familiar with B.J. Novak from The Office as actor/comedian and screenwriter. He recently…
You’ve probably heard of the recent film release Labor Day with Kate Winslet and Josh…
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As I tend to do when faced with aisles of cheap books, I picked this…
James Salter has a very distinct style of writing fiction…how to describe it…precise? Minimalist? Sometimes…
Over the past couple weeks, Billy Collins has been reading me poetry in my car….
I really wish I had been on vacation the last two weeks. I mean, I…
Junot Díaz is a wonderful storyteller, and a Bostonian to boot. So when his new…
This book is really popular and I totally get it. Sometimes I stay far away…
I’m a sucker for love stories. But, since novels don’t usually dole out happy endings…
It’s been a slow few weeks for reading. So much for summer beach reads–I either…
Bling. Book bling. Have you ever seen book bling? Get your hands on Patricia Volk’s…
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a twin or to…
Dad goes missing after being out fishing on his boat with the family dog. The…
Let’s start by acknowledging that Richard Ford is like the Clint Eastwood of writing. They…
I know short stories aren’t everyone’s thang. But really, it only makes sense that short…
As I may have mentioned, I tend not to read wildly popular books until a…
When I started reading Ethan Rutherford’s book of fiction, The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories (on…
I’m a bit stunned. Jen Michalski’s Could You Be With Her Now, a book of…