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Three new books on global warming are doing what they can to wake us up, hoping to shake us out of our denial before we bottom out.
While no two DIYers (Do-It-Yourselfers) are alike, in general they're an upbeat and friendly group that shares a special trait: the courage to screw up.
There are a lot of twists and turns in Scott Turow's latest novel, Innocent, but his skills as a writer make them acceptable and intriguing.
Nomad makes evident that Hirsi Ali arrived at her beliefs not by retreating into orthodoxy out of fear of uncertainty or through the nihilism of indifference, but because experience has led her to them.
Ian Fletcher, just as relentlessly as its defenders extol free trade, explores the paths to breaking the institutionalizing of it, and finding alternatives for balancing it.
Picture books, while less in word count, are certainly not less important. There are unbelievably skillful authors writing in this vein. Authors like Jane O'Connor and Jon Scieszka. I've said it before and I'll say it again: writing picture books is an art, the art of word choice.
Rachel Zucker and Arielle Greenberg asked one hundred of the best-known emerging American poets to respond with a poem for each of Obama's first 100 days. The resulting anthology is very revealing.
Here's the deal: authors are more than business plans, projections, catalog copy, sales conference fodder. These books we slave over are our creativity, our vision, an extension of ourselves.
What is most compelling about Alice Munro's stories is the sense we have of peering into the darkest recesses of people's hearts, eavesdropping, learning their tortured secrets. In an age of reality TV this may seem passé.
My grandfather, Henry Fly, lived from the Age of Lynching to the Age of Obama.
What do major U.S. publishing houses, China and tropical rainforest destruction have in common? Children's books.
While the bomb ended World War II, it also started a chain reaction that exploded into America's permanent secret security state -- with emphasis on the word 'permanent.'
Merchants of Doubt has left me frustrated that lobbyists and "experts" have blocked all meaningful steps to avert environment disaster.
As publishing companies were bought and sold, they turned more bureaucratic, and the performance review became a monster.
When we go out together I have taken to using the introduction Jessica uses for me, "This is my daughter's mother." Because that is who she is.
Three recently released collections of short stories provide the kick-off to a summer of good reading.
Oh My Dog covers advice from veterinarians, trainers and animal behaviorists on everything from brushing your dog's teeth to reading the label on pet food.
Neil Gaiman recently caused a fuss in Minnesota by accepting $45,000 for a guest appearance at a library. "Minnesota Nice" quickly went away as Gaiman was tarred with several brushes.
Dale Pendell, 2010.05.28
Rebecca Serle, 2010.05.27
