‘Blueberry Mary’ is modern day ‘Moby Dick’
While there’s no white whale in “Blueberry Mary,” the similarities — including pure literary genius — between this book and Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick&rd
Book: Patrick Wensink is not just weird for weird’s sake
Patrick Wensink, an author who recently moved here from Portland, Ore., spent his childhood in rural Ohio mostly alone entertaining himself with his strange thoughts.
Author faces the storm
Keven McQueen examines Louisville tornado of 1890
Saturday of this week will be the anniversary of Louisville’s most violent natural disaster. On March 27, 1890, one of many tornados spat out by the 25th-deadliest storm in U.S.
Book: Diary of a Godling
Divinity Rose adds author to her list of many talents
It’s not easy to pin down Divinity Rose.
Book: Carlin’s life and stuff
Last Words
By George Carlin, Tony Hendra. Free Press; 294 pgs., $26.99.
Book: British novelist sheds light on refugees
Featuring extended interview
“We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.”
Book: Elvis loves on in a grand, perceptive book
Baby, Let’s Play House
By Alanna Nash. It Books; 702 pgs., $27.99. Release date: Jan. 5, 2010
Book: Vonnegut’s unpublished work stays true, goes dark
'Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction'
I’m always filled with a slight sense of nervousness when picking up a posthumous collection of unpublished fiction by a well-respected author.
Book: Homer sapiens
The office politics and drama behind making a cartoon
The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History
By John Ortved. Faber and Faber Inc.; 332 pgs., $27.
