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Read Across America Day

March 2 is Read Across America Day, the nation’s biggest celebration of reading. The day occurs each year on the...

Book of the Week for March 01, 2021

A Misalliance by Anita Brookner

After twenty years of marriage, an eccentric woman is abandoned by her husband.

Book of the Week for February 21, 2021

Forgive Us Our Digressions by Jim and Henny Backus

The actor known mostly for playing “Thurston Howell” on Gilligan’s Island, and voicing “Mr. Magoo,” recalls his rise from Ohio to...

Book of the Week for February 14, 2021

Eating Together by Lillian Hellman and Peter Feibleman

Two long-term friends exchange memories and meals.

Book of the Week for February 07, 2021

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Hellen Keller by Sarah Miller

The author re-constructs–in Annie Sullivan’s “voice”– the first month of their 49-year relationship.

Book of the Week for February 01, 2021

An Exclusive Love: A Memoir by Johanna Adorjan

An account of why the author’s grandparents decided to die together.

Book of the Week for January 24, 2021

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

Thoughts about loss and the meaning of life, after the author’s wife dies.

“let Me Tell You What I Mean” By Joan Didion

In this new collection, the famed essayist demonstrates her longstanding mastery of the form. Reviewed by David Bruce Smith for...

Book of the Week for January 17, 2021

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

A man with an I.Q. of 68 has a brain operation that transforms him into a genius.

Book of the Week for January 10, 2021

Sheila Levine Is Dead And Living In New York by Gail Parent

Single, overweight, and frustrated with dating, a 30 year old decides to kill herself.

Book of the Week for January 03, 2021

June Allyson by June Allyson and Frances Spatz Leighton

Young stardom in Little Women; early Hollywood, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis; Peter Lawford, on-screen husband, Jimmy Stewart, and Agnes...

Book of the Week for December 26, 2020

Bed/time/story by Jill Schary Robinson

A glamorous childhood in Hollywood; influential friends; addiction and rehabilitation,– by the daughter of Dore Schary, the only writer ever...