Book reviews

article Books 4:00 PM Last week’s bestsellers Publishers Weekly’s U.S. list powered by NPD BookScan for the week ending Aug. 13.HARDCOVERFICTION1. ANY ... Read More »

review Books 8/17/17 Jill Bialosky asks: Can poetry actually save your life? Poetry can do many things: inspire and uplift, provide consolation and catharsis. But can it ... Read More »

article Books 8/16/17 Excerpt from ‘See What I Have Done’ EMMAAugust 4, 1892Second Street was thick with skin. I slowed out of the horse and ... Read More »

review Books 8/16/17 Dark novel about Lizzie Borden keeps readers guessing Lizzie Borden — a Victorian New Englander tried and acquitted for the ax-murders of her ... Read More »

article Nation 8/15/17 Pastor 'stunned' to find he plagiarized in Clinton's book Hillary Clinton's pastor has acknowledged he plagiarized part of the prayer commentary he sent her ... Read More »

article Books 8/14/17 Last week’s bestsellers Publishers Weekly’s U.S. list powered by NPD BookScan for the week ending Aug. 6.HARDCOVERFICTION1. THE ... Read More »

article Books 8/14/17 Bruce Handy on reading children’s lit as an adult In the delightful “Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult” (Simon ... Read More »

article Books 8/14/17 What to read this week HOME FIRE, by Kamila Shamsie. This modern retelling of Sophocles’ “Antigone” is the story of ... Read More »

article Books 8/12/17 Authors on LI this week Sunday, Aug. 13 Stony Brook Southampton professor Roger Rosenblatt, author of “Making Toast” and “Kayak ... Read More »

article Books 8/8/17 Who to see at East Hampton Authors Night East Hampton Authors Night takes place this Saturday with 100 authors present to sign copies ... Read More »