Sometimes the mood is one of enchantment and melancholy, of moonlit evenings when soft rain mists the windows and memories …
By Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Books Feb. 2, 2019 9:43 pm2497d ago
Sometimes the mood is one of enchantment and melancholy, of moonlit evenings when soft rain mists the windows and memories …
By Erica Pearson, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Books Feb. 2, 2019 9:40 pm2497d ago
American 12-year-old Marwand is visiting his parents’ homeland in Afghanistan’s Logar Province – happily reunited with a crew of cousins …
By Ann Marie Lipinski, The Washington Post Books Feb. 2, 2019 9:33 pm2497d ago
Jill Abramson owes two debts to David Halberstam and ‘The Powers That Be,” the late writer’s epic 1979 examination of …
By Terri LeBlanc, correspondent Books Feb. 2, 2019 9:08 pm2497d ago
Set in a dazzling alternate version of Paris during the days leading up the 1889 World Exposition, ‘The Gilded Wolves” …
By Jon Michaud, The Washington Post Books Jan. 26, 2019 11:57 pm2504d ago
Imagine a country so traumatized by deception, lies and gaslighting that it opts to prioritize facts and truth-telling above all …
By Mary Beth Albright, The Washington Post
Books Jan. 26, 2019 11:56 pm2504d ago
The problem with parenting books is that most parents don’t have time to read them. They’re like manuals about how …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jan. 26, 2019 3:26 pm2504d ago
It’s been more than 17 years since Elizabeth McCracken – Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum and acclaimed writer of fiction long …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jan. 26, 2019 1:00 pm2504d ago
At the age of 23, the unnamed narrator in Argentinian writer Mariana Dimopulos’ terrific debut English novel ‘All My Goodbyes,” …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jan. 26, 2019 9:52 am2504d ago
The underpinning of Elizabeth McCracken’s new novel, ‘Bowlaway,” wasn’t the intricacies of bowling or octagonal homes designed by amateur architects …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Books Jan. 26, 2019 9:44 am2504d ago
The fifth book in the Black Dog Bay series set in the idyllic town of Black Dog Bay, Delaware, is …
By Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Books Jan. 19, 2019 5:51 pm2511d ago
Dani Shapiro has built a career writing about the perplexing corners of her life – the mysteries of her marriage; …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jan. 19, 2019 10:35 am2511d ago
When Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, first entered politics as a candidate for state treasurer in 2010, …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jan. 19, 2019 10:32 am2511d ago
I almost gave up on ‘At Home in the Dark,” a new anthology of grim stories edited by Lawrence Block. …
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