Skim the list of past Pulitzer and National Book Award-winners. You won’t find there many that appear familiar years after their publication. But March, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006, seems destined to be read far into the future. Like Geraldine Brooks’ other works...
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Even in today’s multipolar world, the President of the United States is often referred to as the most powerful person on the planet. Understandably, then, the news media and politicians worldwide scrutinize his actions with ferocious attention to detail. And...
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Many of the eighty percent of Americans who live in cities are unaware of the demographic revolution underway in the vast rural stretches of our country. The Immigration Act of 1965 ushered in a flood of racial or ethnic minorities to rural America over the past half-century. They now account for...
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes If you’re a science fiction fan, you may well have come across Blake Crouch’s work on television. The Wayward Pines series, based on Crouch’s bestselling trilogy, captured a wide audience—and deservedly so. But you’re going to see a lot more of the man’s...
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The “blindspot” of this hilarious tale of Colonial America was slavery. Most accounts of that time and place deal with the colonists’ increasing distaste for domination by the British King. But the bondage of captured Africans was an everyday reality even though people both...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.