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Memoir: How Diana Nyad Swam from Cuba to Florida and into a World Record at 64

Diana Nyadcr: Steven Lippman As you’ve probably heard, the United States and Cuba have been working on normalizing relations after generations of a diplomatic stand-off that has been at best, frosty, and at worst, nearly deadly. But in 2013—two years before the announcement that the U.S. would again open an…

Michael RuscoeOctober 23, 2015

Nonfiction

Review: Elvis Costello’s Life as a Wordsmith Continues in Memoir

Elvis Costello Photo by Ian Dickson/Rex Features There may be more famous rock performers, there may be bands that pack larger venues and whose albums outsell his, but for my money, the absolute pinnacle of cool in the world of modern music is Elvis Costello. Darkly humorous and slightly dangerous,…

Michael RuscoeOctober 13, 2015

Nonfiction

Review: Ruth Reichl Shares the Recipes that Saved Her Life in My Kitchen Year

What is it about Ruth Reichl that makes her feel like an old friend? If anyone else had lost what might have been the most amazing job in the world—editor-in-chief of Conde Nast’s Gourmet magazine—we might have greeted the announcement with a little schadenfreude. Really, who among us has a…

JeriAnn GellerSeptember 28, 2015

Fiction

Video: Missed It? Interview with Shaghayegh Farsijani, Author of The Burden of My Red Lips in Tehran

Watch a continuation of our #BTLiveChat with Shaghayegh: Can she survive reverse culture shock? Seventeen-year-old Delkash is the quintessential care-free American girl who loves life, her close knit family, and most importantly, her quirky Brooklyn neighborhood. Her days are spent outside, gliding through the sun soaked boulevards of the city, taking in…

BookTribAugust 2, 2015

Nonfiction

Cooking Up the Best Writing on Food

When you think about it, good writing is a lot like good cooking. An effective author has to prepare the correct mix of words, sentences and paragraphs spiced with just the right adjectives, adverbs and punctuation marks to make the brew go down best for readers. If you’re a foodie…

Amanda HarknessJuly 24, 2015

Nonfiction

Cruising with Kate: A success story almost too good to be true

It’s a life worthy of showcasing in a movie, although it’s a movie we might not believe as we watched it: a middle-class boy, one so nervous that his 8th-grade classmates nickname him “Worry Wart,” grows up to become an FBI agent working under J. Edgar Hoover. Not enough for…

Michael RuscoeJune 3, 2015

Nonfiction

John Cleese and Martin Short: Memoirs by your humble comedy legends

As I was growing up, two famous comic troupes worked from different sides of the pond. On public television, Britain’s renowned Monty Python’s Flying Circus dazzled us with a singularly bizarre brand of humor that at any time might feature exploding penguins, singing lumberjacks, Spam-loving Vikings, or a pantomime Princess…

Michael RuscoeJanuary 26, 2015

Nonfiction

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Frank Schaeffer, Author of Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in GOD

Caught between the beauty of his grandchildren and grief over a friend's death, Frank Schaeffer finds himself simultaneously believing and not believing in God - an atheist who prays. Schaeffer wrestles with faith and disbelief, sharing his innermost thoughts with lyricism that only great writers of literary nonfiction achieve. Schaeffer…

BookTribJanuary 18, 2015

Nonfiction

A rabbi reveals the colorful history of the Jews of Asia

In his latest book, Pepper, Silk and Ivory: Amazing Stories about Jews and the Far East (Gefen Publishing House, 2014), Rabbi Marvin Tokayer regales the reader with stories of Jews who traversed the Far East—from Burma, China and Japan to all points in between—and who made significant contributions in ancient…

BookTrib Guest AuthorNovember 24, 2014

Nonfiction

12 fascinating things about Judy Garland

There’s a lot we don’t know about Judy Garland since she never wrote an autobiography, but Judy Garland on Judy Garland; Interviews and Encounters, edited by Randy L. Schmidt (Chicago Review Press, 2014) is the closest we’ll ever get to a Garland memoir. It’s a collection of terrific articles about…

Cathy PerlmutterNovember 13, 2014

Miscellany

Before Marilyn, Madonna or Gaga there was Sophie Tucker

Before Lady Gaga donned a meat suit, Madonna strutted in a cone bra, Bette Middler rolled onstage in a mermaid’s tail, Cher bared her navel, Marilyn Monroe got the Seven Year Itch or Mae West asked Cary Grant to come up and see her, there was the original “Last of…

Michael RuscoeNovember 5, 2014

Nonfiction

Tom Maxwell remembers “Hell” with the Squirrel Nut Zippers in his new memoir

Tom Maxwell rose to fame writing and playing for the interestingly named band, Squirrel Nut Zippers. With his help, the band’s hit “Hell” rocketed them to new heights, bringing their retro-swing sound to big stages in venues such as Los Angeles and Europe. Fast forward almost 20 years, and Maxwell…

Stephen J. GrantOctober 2, 2014

Nonfiction

Liz Prince’s Tomboy looks at growing up outside of gender norms

Liz Prince's graphic memoir Tomboy opens with the cartoonish 4-year-old Liz screaming and crying as her parents huddle around her. "I'm just trying to get her to wear this dress," her exasperated mother reports about the garment sent by her grandmother. Two pages later, after unsuccessful coaxing, her mother turns…

Tahneer OksmanSeptember 21, 2014

Nonfiction

Catching up with Frances Kuffel after the search for Mr. Good Enough

Frances Kuffel has a killer sense of humor, which you need if you’re a 53-year-old female writer living in New York City, wear size 22, eke a living from irregular adjunct teaching and regular dog walking, live in an apartment nicknamed ‘the Bat Cave’ (just as dark, but a lot…

Cathy PerlmutterSeptember 14, 2014

Nonfiction

From salesgirl to flamenco dancer in a foot-stomping firecracker of a memoir

Nellie Bennett, author of Only in Spain: A Foot-Stomping, Firecracker of a Memoir about Food, Flamenco, and Falling in Love (Sourcebooks, July) asked a question that led her to chase her dreams all the way from a dreary job at a department store in Sydney, Australia to the dance floors…

Melissa DuclosJuly 29, 2014

Nonfiction

Gabrielle Bell shares the pros and cons of personal diary as graphic novel

Sometimes, we look, but we don't see. It takes a patient, trenchant observer to map out the seemingly insignificant moments of everyday life in a way that resonates, that feels true. With her delicate, unmistakable line and her sharp wit, Gabrielle Bell is one of the most compelling cartoonists around.…

Tahneer OksmanJuly 21, 2014

Memoir: How Diana Nyad Swam from Cuba to Florida and into a World Record at 64

Review: Elvis Costello’s Life as a Wordsmith Continues in Memoir

Review: Ruth Reichl Shares the Recipes that Saved Her Life in My Kitchen Year

Video: Missed It? Interview with Shaghayegh Farsijani, Author of The Burden of My Red Lips in Tehran

Cooking Up the Best Writing on Food

Cruising with Kate: A success story almost too good to be true

John Cleese and Martin Short: Memoirs by your humble comedy legends

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Frank Schaeffer, Author of Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in GOD

A rabbi reveals the colorful history of the Jews of Asia

12 fascinating things about Judy Garland

Before Marilyn, Madonna or Gaga there was Sophie Tucker

Tom Maxwell remembers “Hell” with the Squirrel Nut Zippers in his new memoir

Liz Prince’s Tomboy looks at growing up outside of gender norms

Catching up with Frances Kuffel after the search for Mr. Good Enough

From salesgirl to flamenco dancer in a foot-stomping firecracker of a memoir

Gabrielle Bell shares the pros and cons of personal diary as graphic novel

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