Book Review | ‘Land’ by Maggie O’Farrell
An Irish historical novel and hymn to the importance of natural spaces, from the author of ‘Hamnet’.
David Starkey
Recent Stories
Book Review | ‘Gerhard Richter,’ edited by Dieter Schwarz and Nicholas Serota
A lavish monograph retraces the 60-year career of one of the leading artists of contemporary painting.
Book Review | ‘Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums’ by Dolly Jørgensen
A meditation on what’s lost and what endures.
Book Review | ‘Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays’ by Joe Bonomo
Author cranks up the volume with an ode to random music.
‘Memory Rehearsal’ Is Rooted in Santa Barbara
Author Eleni Sikelianos discusses her new book at Santa Barbara Museum of Art on May 21.
Book Review | ‘The Complete Notebooks’ by Albert Camus, Translated by Ryan Bloom
Series of notebooks is “a complete gem.”
Book Review | ‘The Irish Goodbye’ by Beth Ann Fennelly
A stellar collection of micro-memoirs from a gifted observer.
Book Review | ‘A Place in the World’ by Bill Gaythwaite
Ordinary people making poor choices are a running theme in this award-winning short story collection.
Book Review | ‘The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding’ by Joseph J. Ellis
America was troubled — and trouble — from the very start.
A Feast of Words Celebrating Food and Drink
Literary morsels from more than 100 Santa Barbara–area poets are featured in ‘A Feast for Santa Barbara: Poets Celebrate Food & Drink,’ edited by George Yatchisin, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate.
