Jane Addams biographer feels bond with the social reformer
The relationship of biographer and subject is a complicated one, especially when it spans more than two decades. Biographer Louise W. Knight began her study of Jane Addams when she...
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Editor’s choice: “Read My Pins” by Madeline Albright
"Read My Pins" By Madeline AlbrightHarper, 176 pages, $40 Jewelry isn't ordinarily a tool of political persuasion, but in this beautiful book, Madeleine Albright, American ambassador to the United Nations...
“The Mountain Lion” by Jean Stafford
"The Mountain Lion" By Jean Stafford Afterword by Kathryn Davis New York Review of Books, $17.95, 240 pages How could it be that Jean Stafford has vanished from view, remembered...
“The Mountain Lion” by Jean Stafford
"The Mountain Lion" By Jean Stafford Afterword by Kathryn Davis New York Review of Books, $17.95, 240 pages How could it be that Jean Stafford has vanished from view, remembered...
“Let’s Take The Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship” by Gail Caldwell
"Let's Take The Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship" By Gail Caldwell Random House, $23, 190 pages The dysfunctional family memoir trend, inspired by Mary Karr's "The Liar's Club,"...
“Let’s Take The Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship” by Gail Caldwell
"Let's Take The Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship" By Gail Caldwell Random House, $23, 190 pages The dysfunctional family memoir trend, inspired by Mary Karr's "The Liar's Club,"...
“New Stories from the South 2010: The Year’s Best” edited by Amy Hempel
"New Stories from the South 2010: The Year's Best" From Algonquin Books Edited by Amy Hempel Algonquin Books, $14.95, 384 pages With the midyear elections on the horizon, this collection...
“New Stories from the South 2010: The Year’s Best” edited by Amy Hempel
"New Stories from the South 2010: The Year's Best" From Algonquin Books Edited by Amy Hempel Algonquin Books, $14.95, 384 pages With the midyear elections on the horizon, this collection...
“The Pursuit of Love” by Nancy Mitford
"The Pursuit of Love" By Nancy Mitford Foreword by Jessica Mitford; introduction by Zoe Heller Vintage Books, $14.95, 214 pages The most talented fiction writer could not have created the...
“The Pursuit of Love” by Nancy Mitford
"The Pursuit of Love" By Nancy Mitford Foreword by Jessica Mitford; introduction by Zoe Heller Vintage Books, $14.95, 214 pages The most talented fiction writer could not have created the...