Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub Readers captivated by Old Hollywood are sure …
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The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut The revered French filmmaker, who died in …
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by …
The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
Spielberg, Truffaut and Me – An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of …
The Firefox Book, by Elliot Wigginton (editor) A perfect book for #throwbackthursday, this compendium of …
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi If you’re a writer who …
Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill With the release of Jenny Offill’s acclaimed second novel, …
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan took his time writing this …
Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn In Preston Sturges’ romantic comedy, “The Palm Beach Story,” …
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Joan Didion’s books have had a titanic effect on me, …
The Patrick Melrose Novels, by Edward St. Aubyn Edward St. Aubyn’s four novels, Never Mind, …
The Lesson of the Master, by Henry James Colm Tóibín, in his introduction to the …
The Oxford-Duden Pictorial English Dictionary (Second Edition, Oxford University Press) This week’s recommendation is obviously …
Cutting Teeth, by Julia Fierro When my daughter was little, there was a universally acknowledged …
Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
Paris Stories, by Mavis Gallant In this month of celebrating the short story (#ShortStoryMonth), there …
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Who Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson May is #ShortStoryMonth, and this is third …
The Love of A Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …
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Thunderstruck & Other Stories, by Elizabeth McCracken With April declared National Poetry Month, May is …
On Memoirs of Place: A Quick List I always appreciate a good memoir that centers …
my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby In the climate of inflamed rhetoric about …
Crash Course: essays from where writing and life collide, by Robin Black The third book …
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays Zadie Smith This collection of essays came about by accident, …
How to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish The sentence …
The Empty Family, by Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín’s story collection, The Empty Family (released January …
The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would …
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Spielberg, Truffaut and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …
Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy First published in 1874, Hardy’s novel of …
Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator …
Stoner, by John Williams John Williams’ 1965 novel went out of print after selling only …
A Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock, by Francois Truffaut, trans. by Helen Scott (1966) & …
2016 Pushcart Prize XL: Best of the Small Presses, edited by Bill Henderson with Pushcart …
Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin Toibin’s 2009 novel, which won that year’s Costa Award, is a …
Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place, by Annie Proulx The memoir by this award-winning novelist (The …
Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, by William Styron Though William Styron is best know for …
Patrimony: A True Story, by Philip Roth Roth’s 1991 memoir charts the illness and death …
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople, by Patrick Leigh Fermor A classic of …
Cutting Teeth, by Julia Fierro When October comes, I’m always caught off guard by how …
The Perfume Collector Kathleen Tessaro Last week, I loaned out my copy of Kathleen Tessaro’s …
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Somerset Maugham’s A Writer’s Notebook was first published in …
Jerusalem: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Some cookbooks are defined by a …
Wonder Woman Unbound The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine Tim Hanley I’ve …
The Places In-Between, Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan from …
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Joan Didion is an author I’ve long revered, whose books …
Wonder Woman Unbound The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine Tim Hanley College …
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray The mid-nineteenth century didn’t have reality television, but it did …
A Fort of Nine Towers Qais Akbar Omar From a young boy’s memories comes a …