The Weight of Snow – Christian Guay-Poliquin’s novel: an existential story whose antihero protagonist is, as this reviewer puts it, “a man in a hell
This book, a mere 146 pages of text, is jam-packed with wonderfully offbeat information about a variety of American writers and their homes, now designated
Connie Willis is one of the leading figures in science-fiction today. Her recent time-travel novels Blackout and All Clear (2010) won both the Hugo and
“The answer my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” So what was the question? At seventy-two, Bob Dylan’s hundreds of songs have become an iconic part
A conversation with a friend who is far more religiously astute than I led me to ask him to recommend a book or two about
The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle There is some truth in the seldom-practiced adage: “It is amazing what you
Although they share many of the same characters and are set in the same small Wyoming town, An Unfinished Life and Bone Fire are two
Lin Enger sends The High Divide characters into a sequence of improbable, nearly impossible situations. The novel takes place in 1886, when the West was
Last month Sunny posted a blog she wrote when she finished reading Daniel Woodrell’s novel, The Maid’s Version. She mused about Woodrell’s unhurried language and
Pope Francis Among the Wolves, The Inside Story of a Revolution While attending the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association trade show back in October, I
Four Seasons in Rome – On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World Reportedly, Anthony Doerr took ten years to
THE ARCHER FILES, THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF LEW ARCHER, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR Connoisseurs of 20th Century detective fiction regard the Lew Archer books by Ross
THE COLDEST YEAR OF GRACE POEM BY POEM The Poem: 19** Surely, it’s time to speak out as it was once time to remain
Claude & Camille Author: Stephanie Cowell Meeting Date: April 8, 2013 7:00 p.m. Clayton Community Library
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