Review: ‘The Lowland’ by Jhumpa Lahiri
The lowland at the heart of Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel is a few acres of land behind two oblong ponds in a Calcutta neighborhood. After the monsoon, rain would fill...
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Visual Detective: ‘Iranian Living Room’
The face we present in public is not the same as the one that softens when we nuzzle with our dogs or that slackens as we slouch into the couch...
Review: ‘Hot Doug’s: The Book’ by Doug Sohn with Kate DeVivo
It's clear from "Hot Doug's: The Book" that Sohn understands great food is a prerequisite for a good restaurant. But a beloved restaurant? That requires a great story, too. "Hot...
Review: ‘The Art of Migration’ by Peggy Macnamara
Few sights are as mesmerizing as a flock of starlings in fall — those great clouds of birds that rise up into the sky, swarming and shifting as if they're...
Review: ‘For You the Traveller’ edited by Nabil Sabio Azadi
A couple years ago, Nabil Sabio Azadi crashed on Heather Feather's couch for about three weeks. He was her friend's brother, and he'd made it to New York just in...
Kids: Tell us about your summer reading
Printers Row Journal invites children ages 5-16 to submit book reviews to the second annual Children's Read & Write program. Last year, we received dozens of submissions, including this one...
Kids: Tell us about your summer reading
Printers Row Journal invites children ages 5-16 to submit book reviews to the second annual Children's Read & Write program. Last year, we received dozens of submissions, including this one...
Review: ‘The Vintage Tea Party Year’ by Angel Adoree
When I was in my 20s, I took magazines literally. I'd spend hours with Gourmet magazine, concocting trifles requiring an architect's precision, fussing over whether jam-filled cakes were lined up...
Review: ‘Dreams of Duneland’ by Kenneth J. Schoon
When I picked up "Dreams of Duneland: A Pictorial History of the Indiana Dunes Region," I mistook it for the sort of quick-hit picture book a local Chamber of Commerce...
Review: ‘Swimmy’ by Leo Lionni
Long before Nemo, there was Swimmy. And Swimmy, the little black fish who was orphaned when a swift and fierce tuna gobbled up all the little red fish who lived...