Five-Sided Hole Sept. 11, 2001, was going to be a ceremonial day for the Pentagon before Flight 77 slammed into its outer ring. Sixty years [...] John Freeman \ May 25, 2006 Read More
Americans Abroad John Brandi will read from Water Shining Beyond the Fields as part of the Word Stream Reading Series at the Harwood Art Center [...] Lisa Lenard-Cook \ May 18, 2006 Read More
A Gay Ol’ Time A writer’s life can be so solitary and formless that it would hardly be a surprise if every aspiring scribbler had Wallace Stevens’ [...] John Freeman \ May 11, 2006 Read More
Saving The Best For Later How many times have you recommended a book with the caveat that it starts slow? My initial reaction to such a book is [...] Lisa Lenard-Cook \ Apr 27, 2006 Read More
Dead Zone This remarkable novel begins with a small fact: "You are going to die." The narrator should know. He is Death himself.Death is a [...] Ashley Gautier \ Apr 27, 2006 Read More
Frontier Justice Each time the United States goes to battle, the president must make two cases for war—one to the American people, the other to [...] John Freeman \ Mar 02, 2006 Read More
Listen Up Nearly three years after the invasion of Iraq, soldiers, reporters and even coalition administrators have returned and told their stories about this war. [...] John Freeman \ Mar 02, 2006 Read More
Murder In The Fifth Century Good fiction should not only transport you to a unique time and place, but should so thoroughly immerse you in this world that [...] Lisa Polisar \ Feb 16, 2006 Read More
Bow-Chi-Ca-Bow-Bow First, let's get one thing straight: This book, which came out last month, is not pornography—it's about pornography. Whether you take one of [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 02, 2006 Read More
Building Green I admit it: I'm a home design book junkie. Such books appeal not only to my imagination but to my appetite for character [...] Lisa Lenard-Cook \ Jan 26, 2006 Read More