Kadare’s intriguing novel is the first I’ve read by an Albanian. It is set in World War II and narrated by (I’m guessing) a ten
BIBLIOPHILE, AN ILLUSTRATED MISCELLANY I was just about finished with a book review for the ClaytonPioneer when I went through hip replacement and my daughter,
Circle Way, A Daughter’s Memoir, A Writer’s Journey Home, a writer’s memoir of her relationship with her writer father and her search for answers to
This is a heads-up for all of you who take the time to read a bit about what I’m reading. Although books carry the burden
For anyone who loves nineteenth-century American literature, and I do, April Bernard’s Miss Fuller: A Novel catches the quasi-archaic tone perfectly. Bernard’s characters understand exactly
J.P. Donleavy’s The Ginger Man, the manic/sad antics of Sebastian Dangerfield, has never been out of print since its first publication in Paris, 1955. Now
THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY, A PRIMER FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT STUDY PHILOSOPHY I think, therefore, I am. Descartes, right? And if wrong, it shows
RIVER OF LOST SOULS The Animas River, Jonathan P. Thompson’s “river of lost souls,” rises on the steep slopes above Silverton, Colorado, flows south through
SLAVE OLD MAN The books I often find most difficult to review are those recommended by someone whose suggestions are not taken lightly. So, on
BEL CANTO Ann Patchett’s highly-regarded 2001 novel, Bel Canto, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Orange Prize, and won
STONES, BY KEVIN YOUNG – POEM BY POEM Hum I am learning how to sleep again, to love the descent, or is it, lying here,
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