Book: Blount squeezes love of lexicon out of ‘Alphabet Juice’
Alphabet Juice
By Roy Blount Jr. Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 368 pgs., $25.
Book: ‘Nobody Move’ settles in with charming lowlifes
Nobody Move
By Denis Johnson. FSG Books; 196 pgs., $24.99.
Book: Early life and loves of Limbaugh revealed in ‘Fat Man Cometh’
The Secret Homoerotic Life and Times of Jerry Falwell
‘The Fat Man Cometh: The Secret Homoerotic Life and Times of Jerry Falwell, as told to Rusty Sharpe’
House of David
Author David Sedaris tells tales of quitting smoking, traveling the world — and one about a grandma with a disturbing tattoo
David Sedaris didn’t need the patch or nicotine gum to quit smoking.
Instead, he opted for a more unconventional method — a three-month hiatus in Tokyo.
Book: Knowing ‘The German Woman’
U of L prof’s new novel details love amid war
Paul Griner’s students at U of L, where he has taught for 13 years, regard him as highly as his readers do in the wider world.
Book: A comic darkly
Philip K. Dick gets the graphic treatment
Recent times have been good to Philip K. Dick. He has received more recognition and, somewhat as a result, been legitimized.
Book: Irvine Welsh's 'Crime'
How to handle a pedophile
Crime by Irvine Welsh. W.W. Norton; 352 pgs., $14.95.
Book: Palahniuk does himself one better in new book
The darker side
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday; 256 pages, $24.95.
Book: Spalding rolls out the Fest of Contemporary Writing
This one’s for readers and writers. Spalding University’s Festival of Contemporary Writing, which starts Saturday, May 23, will offer free readings for eight days.
Book: No Regrets serves up 101 things to do before you get too cynical
Shoulda, woulda, coulda
No Regrets: 101 Fabulous Things to Do Before You’re Too Old, Married, or Pregnant
By Sarah Ivens. Broadway Books; 268 pgs., $14.
