05.24.2011 News By the Book: What’s on your list of favorite books? I have no clue how many books are published every year in America. Oxford University Press NY was closing in on 400 in 1997, the year I retired, an...
04.25.2011 News By the Book: Their ‘nonsense’ is well worth reading We are fortunate in having two female writers, Margaret Atwood and Barbara Kingsolver, who, with great regularity, turn out complex and beautifully written books. Atwood has written more than...
04.08.2011 News By the Book: Two views of the West, a century apart “Go west, young man!” said Horace Greeley, eastern newspaperman. It was the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and supposedly good advice, particularly for young men. So off they went, two...
03.29.2011 News By the Book: April fools! The jokes are on him What’s the best thing about words? With April Fools’ Day looming, my best answer is they can be used to create jokes, which are essentially short stories. There are...
03.14.2011 News Book Column: An imaginative meeting of minds I am part of “Imaginative Worlds,” a new book group at Floyd Memorial Library that consists of children who are 9 to 11 years old and their grown-ups, usually...
01.28.2011 News By the Book column: Story of a savior It’s interesting how good books locate me. A friend suggests one, a book review stands out, a cover might catch my eye. My next-door neighbor brought over a bagful...
01.17.2011 News By the Book: Raise your butter beer to J.K. Rowling Start with an image of a single mother on welfare walking around Edinburgh, pushing a pram until her baby daughter falls asleep, then ducking into the nearest café to...
01.04.2011 News By the Book: Four books to top your 2011 reading list I dislike suggesting books I haven’t read but the reviews of these three have me cranked up so, I’m passing them on. The first has the shortest title I’ve...