March 9, 2010
- A curiously empty memoir of what went on in George W. Bush's White House by the former president's political strategist.
A curiously empty memoir of what went on in George W. Bush's White House by the former president's political strategist.
March 8, 2010
- Authors may gear their novels toward the junior and senior high crowd, but adults are snapping up the books, often about misfit teens or fantasy worlds.
Authors may gear their novels toward the junior and senior high crowd, but adults are snapping up the books, often about misfit teens or fantasy worlds.
March 7, 2010
- With publisher publicity departments backing away from traditional author tours, writers are left to their own devices (and strangers' couches).
With publisher publicity departments backing away from traditional author tours, writers are left to their own devices (and strangers' couches). - In his media manifesto, a fed-up author makes a case for reality.
In his media manifesto, a fed-up author makes a case for reality.
... - Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney were fun-loving souls who married only to die soon after.
Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney were fun-loving souls who married only to die soon after.
... - A poignant memoir of how grandparents fill the gap left when their daughter dies.
A poignant memoir of how grandparents fill the gap left when their daughter dies.
... - The idyllic environment of school life in Carol Goodman's 'Arcadia Falls' is undercut by secrets of the most threatening kind.
Carol Goodman's "Arcadia Falls" finds something sinister behind a school's idyllic setting. - Must everything be turned into pop cultural slogans? the poet asks in his new collection.
Must everything be turned into pop cultural slogans? the poet asks in his new collection.
... - A Japanese novelist tries to understand why his longtime filmmaker friend committed suicide, raising issues of art, postwar identity and Japan's coexistence with nationalism.
A Japanese novelist tries to understand why his longtime filmmaker friend committed suicide, raising issues of art, postwar identity and Japan's coexistence with nationalism....
March 6, 2010
- The Pasadena author also has written of other issues such as Americans' weight issue and prescription drug use.
"My American pathology trilogy," Greg Critser calls it: "Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World" (2003), "Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies" (2005) and the just-released "Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End...
