John McNally

Bridge of Sighs By Richard Russo Vintage, $14.95 A man travels to Italy to better understand a close childhood friend who, unlike him, long ago deserted their hometown. At Large and At Small By Anne Fadiman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $12 A...

Who Can Save Us Now?: Brand-new Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories Edited by Owen King and John McNally, illustrations by Chris Burnham Free Press, 417 pages, $16 paper For those who wish to avoid the crush of "The Dark Knight," this fresh,...

Shirlyna Santiago couldn't wait to buy gas Monday. The single mom said her boss at Long Island Head Start in Brentwood let her take an early lunch break. Then Santiago, 29, drove her Suzuki sport utility vehicle to Lukoil on East Main Street in Bay...

FICTION AMERICAN QUILT The Lazarus Project By Aleksandar Hemon Riverhead, $24.95 A young Eastern European writer becomes obsessed with another immigrant who was killed by a Chicago police chief a century earlier. Set in Chicago, emigre Aleksandar...

Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007 ACADEMY LEAGUE Brethren Christian 50, Oxford Academy 36 Senior guard Pat Healy had 17 points for host Brethren Christian (9-9, 3-1) against Oxford Academy (6-12, 1-3). St. Margaret's 77, Whitney 45 Corey Fava had 20 points and...