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Review – Silverstein and Me by Marv Gold
Marv Gold, fellow cartoonist & lifelong buddy of Shel Silverstein, has written a quirky, funny and seemingly appropriate biographical tribute to his friend. more...
Review -- The Autobiography of Mark Twain
The 1959 edition of The Autobiography of Mark Twain, edited by Charles Neider, is the most complete to date, even though it probably isn't exactly what Twain intended. more...
Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without A Country
Late novelist Kurt Vonnegut's last book is a volume of cranky & humorous musings on everything from life in America in the 21st century to the importance of music. more...
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
The late David Foster Wallace's collection of essays, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, is a sampling of his style & insight into his troubled thoughts. more...
Review: Jack Kerouac's American Journey
Paul Maher Jr.'s recent biographical study entitled Jack Kerouac's American Journey coincides with the 50th anniversary of the American classic On The Road. more...
Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry
Prolific author Larry McMurtry recounts his life as a reader and writer, rare book collector, scout and seller, examining the role and importance books have played in it. more...
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Literature Review – Travels with Charley
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Nicholas Morine
Faced with wanderlust and the urge to see the country he had written so long and lovingly about, author John Steinbeck loaded up his trusty Rocinante, takes to the road! more...
Hard Not to Love Byron In Love
By: Douglas Nordfors
Famed novelist Edna O'Brien does a wonderful job summarizing the world of English poet George Gordon, Lord Byron in Byron in Love - A Short Daring Life. more...
Travelogue, Biography, and The Writing Life
Part travelogue, part literary criticism, part biography, "Out of Sheer Rage" cross-pollinates genres and comes up with a weird but ultimately brilliant bloom. more...
By:
Lito Apostolakou
Proust wrote In Search of Lost Time from his bed in a cork-lined, precisely arranged room which served as his bedroom, his shelter, his memory and his study. more...
By: Dianha Simpson
Vinnie Ream's talent was obvious to anyone who spent time in her studio. It's how she played powerful men to showcase that talent that makes for interesting conversation. more...
Cheever Is the Same Old Life Story
By: Douglas Nordfors
Blake Bailey's new biography of the well-known difficult life of John Cheever doesn't do enough to illuminate Cheever's valuable place in American literature. more...
Book Review – Wodehouse: A Life
By: Deirdre Swain
Robert McCrum traces the life of British humourist Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, and in so doing, creates a precis of the 20th century. more...
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