Tuneless music, tortured lives
Hell is getting what you want first thing in the morning, when it's the last thing in the world you need. Hell is the life led by Doc Ebersole, the...
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Female lawyers face the glass gavel
The quartet of smart, witty women in Meg Waite Clayton's new novel "The Four Ms. Bradwells" (Ballantine) meet in law school, but they get their real education many years later,...
Golden boy
My high school biology teacher, Mrs. Varnum, had a favorite saying: "Beauty is only skin-deep. But — oh, that first layer!" It was her way of acknowledging that we were...
Depicting addiction
In novels and songs, in movies and plays and TV shows, addiction to drugs and alcohol is a frequent theme. Steve Earle's new novel "I'll Never Get Out of This...
Tuneless music, tortured lives
Hell is getting what you want first thing in the morning, when it's the last thing in the world you need. Hell is the life led by Doc Ebersole, the...
The Indie 500 (well, closer to 13, actually)
Finalists for the first annual Indie Booksellers Choice Awards have been released by Melville House, the Brooklyn-based publisher who co-sponsors the award along with Shelf Awareness, a trade organization that...
Daley was one for the books
Just when you think you've got the guy's number, he turns around and confounds you, giving all the stereotypes about him a swift kick in the keister. On Aug. 3,...
Daley was one for the books
Just when you think you've got the guy's number, he turns around and confounds you, giving all the stereotypes about him a swift kick in the keister. On Aug. 3,...
Biography shows that creativity is ageless
After the long angry mutter of winter, spring is a glorious happy shout. And what better way to celebrate its coming than with a book that is physically beautiful and...
Biography shows that creativity is ageless
After the long angry mutter of winter, spring is a glorious happy shout. And what better way to celebrate its coming than with a book that is physically beautiful and...