
Book Review: Mike Wallace, A Life by Peter Rader
December 13, 2024He suffered, too, the tragic loss of his oldest child, Peter, who disappeared while backpacking across...
Nothin’ Short of Dyin’ Half as Lonesome as the Sound
December 1, 2024The last time I saw Johnny Cash was the first time I saw Johnny Cash –...

Book Review: Diaries by George Orwell
November 20, 2024Europe had yet to recover from the First World War and the Allied peoples were at...
Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg
November 10, 2024The time between New Year’s 1956 and April 1958 was a period of general uncertainty and...

Book Review: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan
November 1, 2024The course of Curtis’ campaign to document the lives and life style of the Native American...

Book Review: John Keats: A New Life by Nicholas Roe
October 21, 2024Whether one approaches Keats’ life by reading a biography or by the direct study of his...
Charlie Chan: A Hero of Sorts
October 17, 2024An ethnic image is tricky, full of half-truths and snapshot attributes. In the Chan mysteries, there...

Book Review: Titian: His Life by Sheila Hale
October 13, 2024Seeing a paint brush on the floor, the emperor reached down to retrieve it and presented...
Dianetics: A Dialogue
September 3, 2024“You clear me? I clear you? It’s not hypnotism, if that’s what scares you. You’re fully...

Book Review: The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon
August 27, 2024The title The Book of My Lives is apt: rather than presenting a seamless memoir, Hemon...










