Isaac Fitzgerald is a New York Times best-selling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, recipient of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award and frequent Today Show guest.
Linda HitchcockJune 3, 2026
Celebrated novelist Mike Bond has been called one of the 21st Century’s most exciting authors. His recently released historical epic, America, is the first of a seven-book series that relives our last 70 years and our nation’s most profound upheavals since the Civil War. Now, in the tumultuous last years…
BookTribDecember 13, 2021
“One of the 21st Century’s most exciting authors.” — Washington Times —∞— “Mike Bond’s books are a national treasure.” — Art Zuckerman, WVOX —∞— Bestselling author Mike Bond is best known for his thrillers. His Pono Hawkins series, along with his novels of international espionage and military action, have garnered…
BookTribApril 28, 2021
At Delphinium, we often ponder the difference between fiction and non-fiction narrative, and it seems more and more that these two literary distinctions are being blurred. Even though the memoir genre is still thriving, it’s now generally understood that memoirs are embellished, truth laced with invention; and yet it’s also…
Joseph OlshanAugust 7, 2018
BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. It’s the 4th of July, and this time of year, we’re reminded that so many authors have put pen to paper to write about life in the United States. Some have penned memoirs, others have written novels, and still others have produced nonfiction or…
BookishJuly 4, 2018
BookTrib is partnering with Early Bird Books to bring you more great content, including this article on the latest and greatest television series on PBS: "The Great American Read." In an announcement that set our bookish hearts a-flutter, PBS revealed the latest addition to their television line-up: “The Great American Read.” Slated to air throughout…
Early Bird BooksAugust 15, 2017
“From the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters…” Osprey Nest, Florida Everglades circumstances, a collection of images from majestic places would spur readers to pack their backs and set out on a journey. With discretionary travel largely curtailed until safer times emerge, people can find joy and harmony in…
Jim AlkonApril 15, 2021
Celebrities Against Violence: Case Studies in Speaking Out by Truman R. Keys is a scholarly look at what makes celebrities such powerful spokespeople. Keys notes that their fame makes it easy for people to relate, just as we might listen to a friend’s opinion or experiences. Celebrities also can “plainspeak” complex…
Joanna PoncavageApril 5, 2022
Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks to Daniel Ford about what led him to journalism, his research and writing process for Dreamland, and his experience testifying in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee about the opioid crisis in the United States. Read a preview of Dreamland…
Aisha K. StaggersJanuary 31, 2018
For the past few decades, we have been celebrating #AmericaRecycles as a way for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recognize our nation's progress on recycling, making a better future for generations to come. Go green today and pick up one of these environmentally conscious reads... and don't forget to recycle…
Maggie MeyersNovember 15, 2017
I needed to read Twilight at the World of Tomorrow because Mauro is a friend of mine. I was a little nervous because I didn’t know what I was going to say if I didn’t like it. I couldn’t imagine Jim writing anything mediocre – he was, after all, once…
Sherri DaleyAugust 28, 2017
The Summer of '67 was a unique time in America’s history that some fondly remember as a season full of love, music and flower power. Still, for others in major American cities, that summer was awash in civil unrest, where waves of injustice led to rebellion and social change. A…
Aisha K. StaggersAugust 4, 2017
Like the author himself, The Cooking Gene (Amistad, August 1, 2017) by Michael W. Twitty defies easy categorization. Not quite a memoir, nor historical nonfiction, nor a cookbook, it combines elements of all three to take us on a historical journey that shows how African foodways formed and informed the American…
JeriAnn GellerJuly 21, 2017
If anyone told you a couple of decades ago that there would be some form of legalized marijuana in three-quarters of the states in the U.S., that we would willingly wear monitors on our wrists that collect health data and even make transactions for us, or that AI technology would…
Gevera Bert PiedmontOctober 4, 2021
Reckless saber-rattling with an unstable despot and growing nuclear power in North Korea, sixteen years of fighting in Afghanistan, insurmountable issues in the Middle East, irrational bigotry and hatred consuming far too many, an enemy power's blatant interference with the sovereignty of our electoral process, terrorism both domestic and foreign,…
Walt GraggNovember 9, 2017