In the spring of 2012, Dean Bakopoulos was having trouble sleeping. ‘I would take long walks,” the author says in …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Jun. 21, 2015 9:00 am3762d ago
In the spring of 2012, Dean Bakopoulos was having trouble sleeping. ‘I would take long walks,” the author says in …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Jun. 21, 2015 9:00 am3762d ago
In 2010 Piper Kerman was known to readers and booksellers as the author of ‘Orange is the New Black,” a …
Katie Mills Giorgio Living Jun. 14, 2015 9:00 am3769d ago
It’s not surprising that with the rise in interest in fan fiction in recent years, an author would explore the …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Jun. 14, 2015 9:00 am3769d ago
Frustrated with his country in the midst of the 2009 global financial crisis, Icelandic poet and comedian Jon Gnarr founded …
Katie Mills Giorgio Living Jun. 14, 2015 9:00 am3769d ago
Rainbow Rowell’s characters – from a workaholic wife/mother who worries that putting her career first has ruined her marriage, to …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Jun. 7, 2015 9:00 am3776d ago
Eric Rickstad’s ‘The Silent Girls” was first published only as an e-book by Witness Impulse, an imprint devoted to e-originals. …
Living Jun. 7, 2015 9:00 am3776d ago
Author Emily St. John Mandel isn’t one to write in a straight line. ‘I have always written non-linear narratives with …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jun. 7, 2015 9:00 am3776d ago
All classic stories have one thing in common: by the end of the tale, the main character has undergone a …
Living Jun. 7, 2015 9:00 am3776d ago
Maureen Corrigan thinks there’s a good chance her mailman is retiring this summer thanks to her. That’s because Corrigan, on …
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Living May. 30, 2015 11:25 pm3784d ago
FICTION 1. ‘The Girl on the Train” Hawkins 2. ’14th Deadly Sin” Patterson/Paetro 3. ‘All the Light We Cannot See” …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Living May. 30, 2015 11:25 pm3784d ago
In her memoir ‘Out From the Underworld,” Heather Siegel takes us into her childhood inside a dark, musty, and moldy …
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Living May. 30, 2015 11:25 pm3784d ago
FICTION/ NON-FICTION 1. ‘Animal Kingdom: Color Me, Draw Me” Marotta 2. ‘The Wright Brothers” McCullough 3. ‘A Wrestling Life: The …
Living May. 30, 2015 11:24 pm3784d ago
Robert Tomanek could never find a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of the Czech Republic region of Moravia. …
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