REVIEW: Romps and Send-Offs: a Collection of Smart, Sardonic Literary Essays
/Kleinzahler is a poet with a real gift for writing prose
Read MoreKleinzahler is a poet with a real gift for writing prose
Read MoreAnd a Nobel Prize Winner's Oral History of Russian Women of WW II
Read MoreA Gripping Narrative About the Beer Hall Putsch Prosecution
Read MoreThe TV Show Has Pulled Ahead of the Books in Plot, and That Continues
Read MoreAnd a Rollicking Look at Celebrities and Why We Care About Them
Read MoreAnd How it Created Our Current, Toxic Political Polarization
Read MoreRFK Transformed Himself After the Death of JFK
Read MoreAnd a Look at the High-Stakes War for Cyberspace
Read MoreExploring the Mysteries of Close Family Relationships
Read MoreAnd a Convicted Killer's Short Stories on Prison Life
Read MoreIncluding Memoirs from a Comedian, a 'Hillbilly,' and an Ex-President
Read MoreReynolds Price's Niece on Being a Literary Executor for a Great Writer
Read MoreAnd a Memoir About Growing Up in a Very Eccentric Hollywood Clan
Read MoreHe Talks With Famous Authors and Local Booksellers -- and His Literary Agent
Read MoreThese creative works "won't keep the sky from falling," but they help
Read MoreWe Need More Political Books with Franken's Take-No-Prisoners Sense of Humor
Read MoreAnd a Look at Why Authoritarianism May Be on the Rise
Read MoreHe Thinks It's the Best Book in English, or Close to It
Read MoreAnd that time when Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson Opened a Fried Chicken Chain
Read MoreAnd Sherman Alexie's Compelling Memoir About His Problematic Mother
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