One of the most painful truths in American publishing is that genre fiction is better than literary fiction. There are…
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David Kepesh is a breast man. When author Philip Roth first introduced us to him in the 1973 novella The…
Mary McCarthy’s first novel plunges into the psyche of a young married woman in the 1930’s who is starting an…
Beth Kephart has chosen an elusive theme for Into the Tangle of Friendship. "The more we let others into our…
Suggested reading: Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret (1992), James Gavin Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop:…
Mekons I Have Been to Heaven and Back Ever since there have been rock critics, there have been critics’ bands….
Ronald Sukenick is one of the leading lights of postmodern literature in the United States. He was a founding member…
In a world where many a former country diva (Faith, Shania) is deserting her roots for pop superstardom, while yesterday’s…
Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit Filled with humor, useful information, and…
In their five brief years, The Clash left behind a peerless body of work. Sweeping, ambitious and constantly evolving, their…
In Danse Macabre, an engaging nonfiction exploration of cinematic and literary horror, Stephen King wrote nostalgically about the science fiction…
California Poppy 25X Resin Extract California Poppy has the reputation of being a non-addictive alternative to the opium poppy, though…
Tenor saxophonist James Carter has risen to relative prominence in the current "serious" jazz scene; he’s not the name Joshua…
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture – a sentiment attributed to various disgruntled musicians and smartasses –…