11.15.2010 News Column: Words on a page can provide the perfect getaway As a child, I loved to read and was often praised for being an avid reader, and yet I was also often admonished for reading too much. I was...
11.01.2010 Opinion Books: Good old reliable New York writers I came across a 1996 article by Wendy Wasserstein about New York City. She was decrying the presence of big box stores and fast-food restaurants and ended by saying,...
10.25.2010 Opinion Book Column: Books that are prized above all others Fall is a busy time of year for list-makers and prize-givers. First there is the Nobel Prize for Literature, given this year to the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa....