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ON ANIMALS, by Susan Orlean

This book will make you smile and hug your dog (or cat, or chicken, or pigeon, or goat, or tiger….whatever).

THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE, by Lisa See

Learning about this tribe is the key virtue of this book; Ms. See’s research is impressive.

SOMETIMES A BOOK IS LIFE, NOT ART

T. K. touches the searing, life-or-death buttons of life. Would you, dear writer, dare to do the same?

Vladimir Nabokov’s PNIN

On vacation, I always try to fill a hole in my literary knowledge by bringing along a book I aspired to read. This time it was Nabokov and Alice and Wonderland. The only Nabokov I had was a yellowed, or rather browned, version of a book I’d never heard of, Pnin, 1957 edition. The coverContinue reading “Vladimir Nabokov’s PNIN”

HOW NOT TO KILL YOURSELF, by Clancy Martin

A definitive, comprehensive, ultimately optimistic investigation into the suicidal mind.

How To Write A Family Memoir

Anyone interested in writing a family memoir would be well advised to follow Cherington’s progress in writing the book, as she allows the reader to do.

BOOK REVIEW: Augusta, by Celia Ryker

A rags-to-relative-comfort story with a fairytale ending.

AN ADDRESS IN AMSTERDAM

This book all about being human, with all the danger, passion, energy, beauty, and danger that entails.

THE SENSITIVE ONE

As I looked at Morris sitting next to me recently, I wondered how she had survived…but after reading her book, I now know.