George Saunders gets real in new story collection
For George Saunders, the lines between utopia and dystopia, between realism and science fiction, between humor and horror, have always been fine. Never is it more true, though, than in...
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‘Detroit City’ finds optimism amid the devastation
You hear strange things in Detroit. While I was visiting my parents this year, I watched the city's annual Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. At the end, Mayor Dave Bing,...
‘Detroit City’ finds optimism amid the devastation
You hear strange things in Detroit. While I was visiting my parents this year, I watched the city's annual Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. At the end, Mayor Dave Bing,...
Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has...
Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has...
Logging Lincoln
Writing a presidential biography is a work of selection. When the president in question is as iconic as Abraham Lincoln, the task is arduous. Consider that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential...
Logging Lincoln
Writing a presidential biography is a work of selection. When the president in question is as iconic as Abraham Lincoln, the task is arduous. Consider that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential...
Illuminating cancer
When the door to Donald Hopper's garage rolled up, it revealed a scene out of Car and Driver. A mint, cherry-red convertible built in the mid-'60s was parked atop a...
The Selby cooks
When I heard Todd Selby was planning to release "Edible Selby," a food-driven companion to his first book,I was curious. I had grown addicted to poring over the pages of...
The Selby cooks
When I heard Todd Selby was planning to release "Edible Selby," a food-driven companion to his first book,I was curious. I had grown addicted to poring over the pages of...