OK, who’s with me? I’m chucking it all and moving to Vermont. That’s right, you heard me Vermont. Spread the word. This is such a good story; a small town in Vermont, St. Johnsbury, population 7,571 as of 2000, is according to David Mehegan of […]
Ted Conover is one of my favorite authors. If you haven’t read anything he’s written, you must. He is a writer of the “literary nonfiction” variety–an author who tells true stories about life’s characters right where it’s lived. He writes in first person, somewhat in […]
Do we read anymore? Has mass attention deficit disorder been firmly established in our land of home theaters and iPods? This is a subject that could spin in a million directions. Wow. Implications abound–from its effect on everything from the state of book publishing, to […]
There is an interesting review of books about Abraham Lincoln in the current issue of the Claremont Review of Books. Writer Peter Schramm reviews “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America” written by y Allen C. Guelzo. The book examines the motives and […]
I just read today that Bill Clinton’s memoirs will be available June 30. I will be interested to see how much detail he gives about what was going on behind the scenes during the impeachment episode. The book, titled “My Life,” is already number one […]
OK, I apologize for being a bad blogger. I promise to add new material on a more regular basis. Here is an interesting piece (http://www.triangle.com/books/zane/story/1151270p-7254225c.html). If you want to read what a scathing book review reads like, check it out. It is a book review […]
I realize that I have been neglectling my Web site, but work has been crazy busy (co-workers reading this will know what I am talking about). Here is an interesting biblio tidbit: Was Nabokov a plagiarist? I guess the term is “cryptomnesia,” meaning he stole […]