A.M. Homes Wins The Women’s Prize Amid Controversy
There’s been a great deal of snarkiness about this literary prize. “Why only women?” “Isn’t this sexism in reverse?”
‘The Fainting Room’ by Sarah Pemberton Strong
“Mister, I need a cup
‘I Await the Devil’s Coming’ by Mary MacLane
Based solely on its title, I Await the Devil’s Coming (Melville House Publishing) sounds like a canonical text for Satanists. In reality, it’s the fiercely feminist, wickedly witty, and decidedly deranged glimpse into the life and thoughts of a transgressive young woman growing up unhappily in the Midwest at the beginning of the 20th century.
Romance and Religion: Anne Brooke and Dennis Paul Stradford
Since the major religious festivals
Writer and Critic Donald Richie, 88, has Died
American ex-pat, writer, and critic Donald Richie, author of the memoir The Japan Journals, 1947-2004, died on February 19th, 2013 in Toyko. He was 88.
Clive Davis Comes Out in New Memoir
In his new memoir, famed 80-year-old record executive Clive Davis opens up about his long rumored bisexuality.
‘Makara’ by Kristen Ringman
Traversing from Ireland to India to Venice, Makara (Handtype Press) manages to be both ethereal and incredibly earthly at the same time. It is a coming-of-age story unlike any other.
‘Dinner with Lenny: The Last Long Interview with Leonard Bernstein’ by Jonathan Cott
A seemingly inexhaustible mix of talent, genius, exuberance, and mischievousness, this is the Bernstein that leaps off the page in Dinner with Lenny (Oxford University Press).
‘The Scientists: A Family Romance’ by Marco Roth
Marco Roth grew up in
