Book review: Smith’s ‘The Meat and Potatoes of Life’ gives a funny look at...
Once upon a time, young Lisa Smith, a lawyer, married Francis Molinari, an up and coming naval career officer. Then they had three kids, and military service caused multiple relocations. Like everyone...
View Article5 books not to miss: Colin Jost's 'Very Punchable Face,' David Mitchell's...
In search of something good to read? USA TODAY's Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this week’s hottest new book releases.1. "A Very Punchable Face," by Colin Jost (Crown, nonfiction,...
View ArticleMother who lost son to addiction shares struggle in memoir
HARDYSTON — Mary Burns watched her son Eric struggle with mental illness and drug addiction throughout his teenage years. She documented the battle and in May released a memoir "13 years in the making"...
View ArticleBook Smart column: 5 novels to check out before the end of summer
Even though summer is waning, there is still time to grab a good book, or two, to curl up with. Of course, there is still worry about the future, the economy, health and the precarious political...
View ArticleBook review: Ayad Akhtar’s new novel depicts unease of being a brown Muslim...
Anyone who has seen both “Disgraced” and “Junk” will be prepared for the content of Ayad Akhtar’s new novel, “Homeland Elegies.” But even those hard-punching, argumentative dramas don’t completely...
View ArticleBook Notes column: How much like the eel are we?
“The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World” By Patrik Svensson. Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. 2020. 241 pages. $28.99“The Book of Eels” is as...
View ArticleBook Smart column: Tales of betrayal
Betrayal is a theme that runs deep in literature because it is one of the most common and painful interpersonal experiences. Betrayal can happen not only in romantic relationships, but in friendships,...
View ArticleBook review: ‘Skunk and Badger’: A classic odd couple you’ll want to meet
Somewhere east of “Frog and Toad” and west of “The Odd Couple” live Skunk and Badger, as mismatched a pair of musteloids as you’ll ever find in North Twist.Badger likes to hunker down with his hammers...
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