Cementville by Paulette Livers

Cementville by Paulette Livers This is a touching story about a community that suffers a terrible tragedy–several of its young men serving in the National…

Forgetting English by Midge Raymond

Forgetting English by Midge Raymond This is another book I read last year but didn’t have time to write about. This story collection won The…

2015 Reading: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Justifiably, this book won the 2015 National Book Award for non-fiction. In my estimation, this is one…

2015 Reading: The Glimpse Traveler by Marianne Boruch

The Glimpse Traveler (Break Away Books) by Marianne Boruch I read this travel memoir a couple of months ago (hence the “2015 Reading” label) and…

2015 Reading: Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. Appel

Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. Appel I had previously reviewed Appel’s novel, The Biology of Luck, in Prime Number Magazine, so…

2015 Reading — Catching Up

In the first part of 2015 I did a decent job of keeping this journal about my reading, but as the year went on…

2015 Reading: Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann

Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann Without question, Colum McCann is one of my favorite writers. His novel Let the Great World Spin blew…

2 New Book Reviews

I recently read and reviewed two very different memoirs, both excellent. The first is Barefoot to Avalon by David Payne. Novelist Payne’s brother was…

2015 Reading: Driving the King by Ravi Howard

Driving the King: A Novel by Ravi Howard I had the pleasure of hearing Ravi Howard read from and discuss this novel at the Virginia…

2015 Reading: What is Visible by Kimberly Elkins

What Is Visible: A Novel by Kimberly Elkins My review of this excellent novel is posted at Best New Fiction: Review of What is Visible