Book: Rob Sheffield revisits the comforts of the ’80s
Talking to Girls About Duran Duran
Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
Book: School builder goes beyond ‘Tea’
Author details struggle for building schools for girls in Afghanistan
Greg Mortenson, the philanthropist who brought a personal missionary zeal to schoolbuilding in Pakistan as recounted in the bestseller “Three Cups of Tea,” is coming to
Book: Franzen finds ‘Freedom’ with new novel
Freedom
By Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 562 pgs., $28.
Book: Matthew Zapruder leads poetry’s resurgence
A poet for our generation
Come on All You Ghosts
By Matthew Zapruder. Copper Canyon Press; 111 pgs., $16.
Book: Blame meat for heat
‘Diet for a Hot Planet’ gives tips for a climate-friendly diet
Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It
Book: Irish crime novel a gripping read
Tana French's "Faithful Place"
Faithful Place
By Tana French. Viking Press; 416 pgs., $25.95.
Book: Clear as mud
Tracing Kentucky’s art pottery can be murky
Clear as Mud: Early 20th Century Kentucky Art Pottery
Book: Finding the missing years in Louisville
And reliving the greatest year in Pittsburgh
With most sports franchises, the “missing years” probably occurred sometime long ago in the misty past.
Book: Local author rummages through Hollywood’s sordid past
For four years, Andrew Schanie was the mind behind the Last Call Film Festival, an event tailor-made for Louisville’s drunkest film fans.
Book: A thorough examination of the Vocoder
How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop
By Dave Tompkins. Melville House/Stop Smiling Publishing; 335 pgs., $35.
