; Bette Lynch Husted is a poet and essayist who just wrote her first novel, All Coyote's Children , a compelling story set in nort...

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The door opened, a whip of wind rustled in. Traber stood in the door in all his startling height. The Seasons of Doubt by Jeannie Burt...

Two interesting and completely different nonfiction books came my way last week. What books came into your house? Beginner's Luck: D...

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Ben was her youngest, her last. When the others went, she had felt a pang, but there had always been Ben, there had always been the unti...

Inspired by reading the memorials to Philip Roth, I got a Library of America edition of his collected nonfiction. Why Write? by Philip ...

I just realized I forgot to announce the winner of last year's European Reading Challenge! What a dolt! THIS IS THE WINNER ANNOU...

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Philip Roth passed away this week at 85, having written over 30 books of fiction, autobiography, criticism, and essays over a 55-year span b...

Philip Roth was born in 1933 in New Jersey, the setting of many of his books. His personal life was often fodder for his fiction, part...

When my niece, Maya, called for the third time in three weeks, she wanted to know what the hell was going on over there, and by over ther...

Reading all the memorials to Tom Wolfe last week inspired me to pick up three of his nonfiction books: From Bauhaus to Our House , a...

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Tom Wolfe, one of the greats, passed away this week at age 88 . I absolutely loved Bonfire of the Vanities , his first novel and one of the ...

Without looking at Adam or their daughter, she hauls herself up the bedpost, Her feet hit the floor like stumps. The River by Starlight...

Two new novels arrived in my mailbox this week. Their stories intersect in the history of America's western expansion -- and with disapp...

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The more Joseph story unraveled, the more pronounced the layers of his intuition became. I had to keep reminding myself that he was fift...

I got one new book last week and I am racing through it. What books came into your house? Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribal...

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Mendivel is a therapist who wrote this YA fantasy novel to use as a creative way to help young people heal from trauma. It is a terrific r...

The Star Camp was in the middle of Bergen-Belsen, almost entirely surrounded by other smaller camps. The camps were all sectioned by bar...

On this last day of National Poetry Month, I'm so happy for my friend (and former college roommate!) Kirsten Rian , whose new book of po...