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Life topic: Books
Popular North Carolinian author returns to roots
Lucky charms come in all shapes and sizes. I am not talking about the cereal. I am talking about the items that people carry around with them daily that they say bring them luck. Read »
Poems depict mythic arts
It was and is the province of myth to give birth to archetypes – that is, to show us new things that we cannot voice directly. It is also the province of myth to give voice to everyday truths, to… Read »
Engaging study gives face to voting bloc
I picked up Deer Hunting with Jesus on a lark, hoping for an amusing synopsis on the back cover. Half an hour later, I was on my living room couch, ripping into a timely tidbit of political writing… Read »
Murakami creates mystical world
Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, After Dark, seeks to capture atmospherically the amorphous, alien and dislocating quality of night in the modern city. In this goal, the internationally known… Read »
Stories blur line between reality and fantasy
It is rare that a book will shake me and milk every bit of me for all I am worth. Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem’s recent creation, The Man on the Ceiling, came dangerously close to achieving that.… Read »
Author’s debut shows ambition
The Mayor’s Tongue is the debut novel of Nathaniel Rich, the 27-year old prodigy editor at The Paris Review. Read »
New stories enhance repertoire
Awash in this modern, globally-intertwined world where multicultural fashions, cinema and literature become progressively more chic and vogue, the average American consumer may find themselves wishing… Read »
Lahiri’s latest work proves to be another literary triumph
Jhumpa Lahiri’s praise of her favorite author, William Trevor, in a 2005 New York Times article easily encapsulates the quietly stunning quality of her own work. “His words are a balm, unadorned,… Read »
Book captures spirit of D.C. punk movement
“We all have a plan on how to die. It’s Guy’s and Terry’s idea. We thought it was a cool idea. When we’re really old and we’re in our 70s, we’d shave our heads,… Read »
Pizza falls short of Grisham’s past works
I don’t know if anyone else had this problem on a family road trip, but every time I went on a long trip with my parents, they ALWAYS listened to annoying books on tape. Of course, they also played… Read »