Literature
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Review: New Lee Child novel is bold and mysterious
Nov 07, 2017 6:00 am - "The Midnight Line" (Delacorte Press), by Lee Child Author Lee Child delivers another classic Jack Reacher tale with "The Midnight Line." Reacher's curiosity is piqued w...
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Book Review: 'Wayne and Ford' ponders movie-bred masculinity
Nov 07, 2017 6:00 am - "Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), by Nancy Schoenberger American movies feature a handful of gr...
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'Millard Salter's Last Day' is winning novel
Nov 07, 2017 6:00 am - "Millard Salter's Last Day" (Gallery Books), by Jacob M. Appel "Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live." And with that, we're off to t...
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Review: Actress Krysten Ritter writes tightly plotted novel
Nov 06, 2017 6:00 am - "Bonfire" (Crown Archetype), by Krysten Ritter As an actress, Krysten Ritter has been building a solid career playing characters on the edge - the doomed Jane in "Breaki...
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Review: Author delivers compassionate look at the displaced
Nov 06, 2017 6:00 am - "Wonder Valley" (Ecco), by Ivy Pochoda A naked man running through rush-hour traffic that's backed up for miles jumpstarts "Wonder Valley," author Ivy Pochoda's enthrall...
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Review: Author delivers compassionate look at the displaced
Nov 06, 2017 6:00 am - "Wonder Valley" (Ecco), by Ivy Pochoda A naked man running through rush-hour traffic that's backed up for miles jumpstarts "Wonder Valley," author Ivy Pochoda's enthrall...
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Review: Author delivers compassionate look at the displaced
Nov 06, 2017 6:00 am - "Wonder Valley" (Ecco), by Ivy Pochoda A naked man running through rush-hour traffic that's backed up for miles jumpstarts "Wonder Valley," author Ivy Pochoda's enthrall...
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'Mad Men' creator delivers big with first novel
Nov 06, 2017 6:00 am - "Heather, The Totality" (Little, Brown and Co.), by Matthew Weiner At 134 pages, Matthew Weiner's "Heather, The Totality" is best consumed in one bite like those exquisi...
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If you could read Gordon Lightfoot's mind, this is the tale his thoughts could tellNov 06, 2017 5:00 am - "Lightfoot" By Nicholas Jennings Viking. 328 pp. $30 --- If you could read his mind, what a tale his thoughts could tell. So claimed Gordon Lightfoot in his 1970 breakou...
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Five authors to be featured at Waterline Writers Nov. 19Nov 05, 2017 10:00 pm - Authors Vida Cross, Lynne Handy, Wayne E. Johnson, Kurt Luchs and Chris Reid will be featured at the next Waterline Writers event at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19. You don't ha...