Category: Books

I am not usually drawn to memoirs, but I listened to Mary Louise Kelly talk […]

I have rediscovered the beauty of short stories after reading Jess Walter. I was amazed […]

Pineapple Street is a fascinating look at the upper-crust Stockton family. Their money is old […]

The Boy and the Dog, translated from Japanese, is a straightforward, sentimental story about the […]

The Rabbit Hutch is a modern American story about people who have curious characteristics and […]

Richard Powers always gives the reader much to contemplate. In Bewilderment, he forced me to […]

Edgar (E.J.) Watson was a historic person born in 1855 who lived through the horrible […]

This book contains wonderfully jarring and alarming prose “We excused ourselves. Anyway, we might have […]

After seeing Elizabeth Strout live at Eckerd College and hearing Andre Dubus interview her, I […]

Demon Copperhead is a contemporary American retelling of David Copperfield. Barbara Kingsolver penned this book […]