As the parent of three avid readers, I agree with Meghan Cox Gurdon's point that what is considered "banning" in the book trade is known in the parenting world as doing our job.
Men, like exotic locales, have a way of losing their sheen once they become part of a routine. Elisabeth Eaves' memoir is not only a reflection on love and travel, but an investigation of what it means to travel as a woman.
Michael Sims' The Story of Charlotte's Web is not only for E. B. White fans and lovers of Charlotte's Web, but for anyone who enjoys a thoughtfully researched and written work of literary nonfiction.
I truly believe that most people who should write... and who don't write... don't because they're afraid to find out that they're lousy at it. Not wanting to confront that unpleasant truth in myself, I invented powerful excuses not to write.
Early reviewers have described Stefan Merrill Block's new novel as "This generation's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest." I spoke with the 29-year-old author about the literary and real-life inspirations behind his novel.
IndieCommerce is a clunky response to Amazon's efficient and elegant solution to selling books online. Independent bookstores need their own efficient and elegant solution.
If you are concerned with asking and answering the question, "How can one approach the question of God in an honest and authentic manner?" then this is the book to read.
What if a beautiful vintage dress could actually take you back in time? That's the situation that faces Bianca Turetsky's heroine in her delightful debut novel for young readers.
I've heard a lot of suggestions on ways the Green Lantern movie could have been improved. I thought I had heard them all. Then, I read an email from former Congressman Alan Grayson.
Along the Cherry Lane chronicles Milt Okun's life from his music school teaching days to singing and writing folk songs to working with some of the biggest names in music.
Lola Shoneyin's novel, The Secret Lives of the Four Wives, touched me so deeply, bringing up issues that you would hope would be obsolete by now but are unfortunately alive and not-so-well.
Yes, we will sell more books and end up a stronger community, if we support one another. So what are you waiting for?
Why writers write what they write is an endlessly interesting topic, or at least it is to those of us who spend our lives writing.
Novelists' works are often inspired by the need to expose certain society failings and like Esther in Jerusalem Maiden, author Talia Carner's grandmother was not allowed to develop her artistic talent.
Far too many books for parents are guilt-trip books, telling us what we did wrong or scaring us with the thought that everything we thought we knew just might be incorrect.
First-time author Carol Ross Joynt's book, Innocent Spouse, is a contribution to strengthening sisterhood through the written word. A memoir like this speaks directly to you, Reader, in a more vivid voice than a novel.
I met God in the Catholic Church and spent most of my childhood trying to get God to love me. I loved God from afar, like you might love a teacher or your best friend's older brother. I watched God carefully.
If you're familiar with Hart Crane's work, he might strike you as an odd choice for a biopic, as he's a notoriously difficult poet. And Franco is well aware of this.
After reading Larry Flynt and David Eisenbach's One Nation Under Sex, I'm pretty convinced Ben Franklin would definitely have had some racy social media exchanges if the technology were available to him.
Lisa Bloom, 2011.06.22
Rachel Newcomb, 2011.06.22
