by bertbaby | Jun 30, 2014 | Book Reviews
June 30: On this day in 1936 Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind was published.
by bertbaby | Jun 29, 2014 | Book Reviews
Revered, iconoclastic poet Anne Carson turns in a pamphlet-sized labyrinth on a curious subject (Marcel Proust’s long-time love “Albertine”), sprawling in a mere fifty-two pages of rewarding lists and appendixes.
by bertbaby | Jun 29, 2014 | Book Reviews
Fans of Vladimir Nabokov and Philip Roth, take note: this tale of a disgraced neo-con journalist trying to clear his name – everywhere from Iraq to the Ivy League – smolders with delicious fury. Debuting author David Burr Gerrard here proves a newcomer to...
by bertbaby | Jun 29, 2014 | Book Reviews
Indie rocker Tim Kinsella’s sophomore novel is a lively study of character actress Laurie Bird, whose memorable turns in the films of Woody Allen and Monte Hellman are unforgettable to fans, and a revelation to newcomers.
by bertbaby | Jun 29, 2014 | Book Reviews
June 29: On this day in 1613 flames destroyed the Globe playhouse, where Shakespeare was not only playwright but part owner.
by bertbaby | Jun 28, 2014 | Book Reviews
June 28: P. G. Wodehouse made the first of his infamous “Berlin Broadcasts” on this day in 1941.
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