Washington Black – Esi Edugyan’s tale of a Barbados youth taken by an inventor/scientist to be his slave, only to find that the boy will
Last Days of Night – Moore’s novel illuminates the lawsuit between Edison and Westinghouse for the legal patent rights to the light bulb. Reading Graham
Robert Olmstead has given us a little literary gem in Coal Black Horse, the tale of fourteen year old Robey Childs, who has been sent
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East “We [the young men who won the war]
Here’s an update to a favorite book I reviewed fourteen years ago. Our name recognition for American Revolutionary War luminaries may not bring up Thaddeus
The Thanksgiving Visitor My annual reading of Truman Capote’s beloved story, The Thanksgiving Visitor, a tale of the spirit of giving, is my bellwether that
May the suggestion to read L. C. Tyler’s The Herring in The Library be the jolliest gift you receive this holiday. Tired of trimming the
I’m happy to welcome Dave Holt as a reviewer this month. Dave read and reviewed Lucille Lang Day’s latest book. Married at Fourteen and published by Heyday
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power If you enjoy watching “The Rachel Maddow Show” each evening on MSNBC (and I do), you will relish
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
Hamilton, the biography and Hamilton, The Musical My son-in-law encouraged me to read Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton. I bought it but didn’t read it until my
New Favorites: Diane’s Books Greenwich, CT and Booksy Galore, Pound Ridge, NY Word has it that independent bookstores are on the rise. Just came back
Snow Angeles – An Inspector Vaara Mystery A few years ago I reviewed The Boy in the Suitcase for “Bookin’ with Sunny,” and made what
Black History Month – I can’t believe I have not upgraded this essay and list of interesting titles since 2013. Today, in our frightening political
MY DEAR HAMILTON, the unsanitized version of U.S. history seldom taught to school children. Dray and Kamoie set us straight. Clearly, my generation of school
HOW IT ALL BEGAN I can’t say why it has taken me so long to read a Penelope Lively novel. I can say I’m sorry
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