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Author Paul Lisicky Answers One Question About “The Narrow Door”

You are your own worst critic, but friends can be a close second. They know you better than most, aside from parents but even that can be up for debate. Going through a particularly rough time as a post-grad living in a new city where I know practically no one,…

Matt GillickAugust 12, 2016

Nonfiction

Remembering Muhammad Ali: My Brush with ‘The Greatest’

Millions of people around the world were saddened last week to learn of the passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. While news reports surfaced earlier in the week of his failing health, the announcement that he died was still a hard blow. Though I have never seen him box nor…

Noelle BrownJune 10, 2016

Nonfiction

PODCAST: Authors Marguerite Elisofon and Ann Martin Talk ‘Rain Reign’ and Autism Awareness

Author of the memoir My Picture Perfect Family (Central Park Publishers, 2016) Marguerite Elisofon chronicles the true story of raising twins in New York City and the journey that takes place following their daughter's diagnoses on the Autism Spectrum. She sat down in with novelist Ann Martin to talk about her book…

Matt GillickMay 26, 2016

Nonfiction

Author Colin Atrophy Hagendorf Answers One Question about ‘Slice Harvester’

Food has the power to save us or kill us. Chicken salad or fried chicken? Sliced apples or French fries? Yes, we should be eating healthy and live omnivore lifestyles with walnuts, granola and grapefruit but, dammit, if I want a bacon-wrapped grilled cheese meatball sandwich I’m going to have…

Matt GillickMay 16, 2016

Nonfiction

A Search for Creativity: Amy Tan’s TED Talk Inspires A Reading List

Where does creativity come from? In this TED talk from TED2008, The Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan meditates on the influences in her life and the lives of others in an attempt to discover where creativity can be found within us. For Tan, it’s all about intentionality, focus and…

Katie HiresMarch 15, 2016

Fiction

Video: What Does Glee Have to do with Carrie Brownstein?

I love a good musical number and a good television show, though it’s rare that the two ever go together well. Aside from a brief stint in the early 2000s where it seemed like every TV show was doing a musical episode, most musical shows have bombed pretty horribly. Does…

Rachel CarterFebruary 26, 2016

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An admired and lauded surgeon climbs to the top of his profession, but his callous and questionably moral determination angers colleagues and friends who vow to destroy him. He becomes a member of the president's cabinet when a personal family tragedy presents him with a dilemma that leads to a…

BookTribNovember 20, 2015

Nonfiction

Going South: 3 Books That Explore Life Below the Mason-Dixon Line

“The South is a strange place, one that can’t be fit inside a movie, a place that dares you to simplify it, like a prime number, like a Bible story, like my father.” For our latest round of Shelfie picks, we return to our friends at Square Books, located in…

Ben S. DutkaNovember 13, 2015

Nonfiction

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

Author Paul Lisicky Answers One Question About “The Narrow Door”

Remembering Muhammad Ali: My Brush with ‘The Greatest’

PODCAST: Authors Marguerite Elisofon and Ann Martin Talk ‘Rain Reign’ and Autism Awareness

Author Colin Atrophy Hagendorf Answers One Question about ‘Slice Harvester’

A Search for Creativity: Amy Tan’s TED Talk Inspires A Reading List

Video: What Does Glee Have to do with Carrie Brownstein?

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Going South: 3 Books That Explore Life Below the Mason-Dixon Line

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

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