Review | ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ by Tom Perrota
The heroine of “Election” is back … in high school.
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Review | ‘The Passenger’ and ‘Stella Maris,’ by Cormac McCarthy
These two companion novels are not Cormac McCarthy’s best work.
Review | ‘The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes’ by Janet Malcolm
Trying to make sense of the complex relationship between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
Book Review | ‘How to Write One Song’ by Jeff Tweedy
Wilco’s great songwriter shares a few tips for aspiring writers.
Poet to Poet
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón talks about writing, the natural world, and that feeling of otherness that writers often share.
Review | ‘Wildflowers of North America’ by the National Audubon Society
A handsome but hefty addition to bookshelves of wildflower lovers, if not their backpacks.
Review | ‘Twenty-One Truths About Love’ by Matthew Dicks
Matthew Dicks’s novel is a pleasantly entertaining read, in list format.
New Book ‘The Pier’ Takes Place on Santa Barbara’s Stearns Wharf
From stern to Stearns with Timothy Bottoms, whose new book takes place on Stearns Wharf.
Review | ‘Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks’ by Patrick Radden Keefe
Whether rogues or villains, these real-life protagonists are compelling characters.
Review | ‘In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss’ by Amy Bloom
The renowned fiction writer turns to memoir, with a very personal story of her terminally ill husband’s last days.
