Where is your nonfiction section please.
Book review: Calypso, by David Sedaris Amazon His most recent publications have been a bit of a diversion for David Sedaris. Last year, he published the first part of his diaries, Theft by Finding, which showed the genesis of some of his well known works, as well as being an unconventional glimpse into his early life and... Continue Reading →
Book review: Insane Clown President, by Matt Taibbi (Amazon/ Book Depository) Who knows what will come next, but that's not really what this story is about. "Insane Clown President" instead describes how we got here. Matt Taibbi is one of several journalists who covered the madness of the Trump campaign on the ground and has... Continue Reading →
Book review: Thanks, Obama by David Litt (Amazon / Book Depository) Few activities offer less upside than a staring contest with the president. But now, having started one, I didn’t know how to stop. I considered averting my gaze, like a shy maiden in a Jane Austen novel, but that would only make things more awkward.... Continue Reading →
Book review: Priestdaddy, by Patricia Lockwood (Amazon / Book Depository) "We are congregating in the dining room of my father's rectory in Kansas City, where I have returned to live with my parents after twelve long years away...We are penniless and we are exhausted, and in the grand human tradition, we have thrown ourselves on the mercy of... Continue Reading →
Photo: New York Hospital, Payne Whitney Clinic. From the Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Book review: One of These Things First: A Memoir, by Steven Gaines (Amazon ($1.99 ebook alert!) / Book Depository) It sounds strange, but I've read a couple of Holocaust memoirs lately... Continue Reading →
