New York City

Documenting More Than a Century of Relentless Change at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

It may well be New York City’s most famous hotel, but the Waldorf-Astoria began life modestly if exclusively, with a small entrance on Thirty-Third Street so that Fifth Avenue passersby wouldn’t give it a second thought. The brainchild of William Waldorf Astor, once the wealthiest man in America, the Hotel…

Claudia KeenanMay 14, 2021

Nonfiction

On Murder, the Gilded Age and Crime of the Century

On June 25th, 1906, a shot rang out in Madison Square Garden, leaving of one of the greatest architects and most famous of New York's socialites dead. Stanford White, who designed New York's Washington Square Arch, Madison Square Garden and the Rosecliff Mansion, was murdered by millionaire Harry Thaw as…

BookTribApril 13, 2018

Nonfiction

‘Laura Meets Jeffrey’: An X-Rated ‘Literary’ Love Story

Anka Radakovich in “British GQ”: “Laura Meets Jeffrey" is a fascinating nonfiction "erotic memoir." Jeffrey Michelson chronicles the wildest, most intense sexual scene in New York City's history. This book is raunchy, dirty and disgusting. I couldn't put it down." Norman Mailer from his foreword: “Objective, funny, salacious, and perversely—dare I…

Joanna PoncavageFebruary 19, 2018

Nonfiction

‘A Private View’: Afshin Shahidi’s New Book Gives a Rare Glimpse into Prince’s Private Life

One of my favorite pictures of Prince is the cover photo of Afshin Shahidi’s book, Prince: A Private View, which was released today. One of the reasons I am so enamored of this picture is due to the striking contrast of black and white in Prince’s clothing against the simplistic…

Aisha K. StaggersOctober 24, 2017

Nonfiction

MTV Suspect’s iO Tillett Wright Answers One Question about ‘Darling Days’

The crap we go through while establishing our identity (shakes head back and forth). We often face ridicule for being different or criticized for being too much like Joe Shmoe walking down Park Avenue. You can't win. Oftentimes people assimilate to the status quo or to what society labels as “normal.”…

Matt GillickSeptember 21, 2016

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Fact and Fiction Blur Together as a Woman’s Reality Show Obsession Grows in “Stalker Stalked”

Stalker Stalked (Down & Out Books / All Due Respect) is a clever, fast-paced thriller with a pulp-fiction feel that I could not put down. Author Lee Matthew Goldberg is also a screen and television writer, and it shows. Just like a movie, he starts the book with a BAM! …

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitSeptember 17, 2021

Fiction Romance

Rom-Com Combines Beautiful Friendship, Quirky Dating Advice

Leah DeCesare’s debut novel Forks, Knives and Spoons (SparkPress) is a fun, fast-paced story that evokes both comedy and heart as a single dad sends his only daughter off to college with some last-ditch birds-and-bees advice. According to his Utensil Classification System, or UCS, all men can be categorized as…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJanuary 9, 2019

Fiction

A Teen Crosses the Country to Start Anew in the Coming-of-Age “Ryder Stephens”

A 13-year-old runaway finds a new home and faces her traumatic past in Ryder Stephens (SBC Publishing House) by Veronica Ventura, a moving story of loss, love and healing. It’s the day after Christmas, and Ryder has lost everything — her mother is dead, her father has chosen a Vegas…

Cynthia ConradJuly 7, 2021

Fiction

From 1940s NYC to Czarist Russia: Dual-Timeline Heroines Sparkle in “The Last Tiara”

Family secrets, lies, love and intrigue, all wrapped up in one neat, bejeweled package? Yes, please! You’ll have stars in your eyes after reading The Last Tiara (Blue Box Press), the latest fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author, M.J. Rose. Using one of history’s most notorious mysteries as her…

Krista BegganFebruary 3, 2021

Fiction

“Stockboy Nation” Explores Relationships, Unemployment and Identity in the Time of COVID

Stockboy Nation by author Thomas Duffy is about life, career and searching for love at middle-age during our tumultuous era of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Although a sequel to Stockboy (2013), the first is unnecessary to follow the plot of this novel. Phillip Doherty has recently moved from his hometown…

BookTribOctober 14, 2020

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“The Devil Wears Prada” Meets “Get Out” in “The Other Black Girl”

In The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Atria), 26-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers loves her New York City publishing job. She has longed to become an editor at Wagner Books ever since reading their groundbreaking bestseller Burning Heart when she was a teenager. Nella’s dream has come true,…

Jodé MillmanJune 2, 2021

Fiction

“The Lost Family” Covers Marriage and Love Post-WWII

Jenna Blum, author of the bestseller Those Who Save Us, is back with another novel, one that is equally heartbreaking and haunting. Covering topics of grief and love, Blum artfully and skillfully reminds us that the past never seems to stay there, and that the repercussions can still be felt decades and…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 16, 2018

Fiction

Review: ‘The Waters & The Wild’ is a Stunning Exploration of Human Character

Daniel Abend lives a comfortable life as a successful psychotherapist on the Upper West Side of New York City. He is a single father raising a teenage daughter. When one of his patients commits suicide Daniel receives a note that has him start to ask questions about his patient's death.…

BookTribMarch 13, 2018

Fiction

Elegant and Poetic, Carrie La Seur’s ‘The Weight of an Infinite Sky’ Draws Inspiration from Shakespeare

The second novel from environmental lawyer Carrie La Seur, The Weight of an Infinite Sky is a stunning story about family, murder, betrayal, and love, drawing in elements of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Set in the unforgiving, open land of Montana, La Seur easily captures the essence of the West in her writing, making…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaJanuary 16, 2018

Fiction

Layered with Sex, Lies and Glamour, ‘She Regrets Nothing’ is Utterly Captivating

Rarely do we find a book that boasts of intrigue and mystery that's as sly as it is sexy and just plain fun; but author Andrea Dunlop is a rare talent. Dunlop's latest novel, She Regrets Nothing: A Novel is a multi-layered story where the themes of power, sex and glamour…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaFebruary 7, 2018

Fiction

Socialite Wannabe in Amber Brock’s “Lady Be Good”

In 1924, George and Ira Gershwin wrote one of their most famous songs: I am so awf’ly misunderstood So, lady be good to me. . . The heroine of Amber Brock’s Lady Be Good is indeed a misunderstood young woman, tormented by desires both frivolous and serious. Beautiful and wealthy,…

Claudia KeenanJune 19, 2018

Documenting More Than a Century of Relentless Change at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

On Murder, the Gilded Age and Crime of the Century

‘Laura Meets Jeffrey’: An X-Rated ‘Literary’ Love Story

‘A Private View’: Afshin Shahidi’s New Book Gives a Rare Glimpse into Prince’s Private Life

MTV Suspect’s iO Tillett Wright Answers One Question about ‘Darling Days’

Rom-Com Combines Beautiful Friendship, Quirky Dating Advice

A Teen Crosses the Country to Start Anew in the Coming-of-Age “Ryder Stephens”

From 1940s NYC to Czarist Russia: Dual-Timeline Heroines Sparkle in “The Last Tiara”

“Stockboy Nation” Explores Relationships, Unemployment and Identity in the Time of COVID

“The Devil Wears Prada” Meets “Get Out” in “The Other Black Girl”

“The Lost Family” Covers Marriage and Love Post-WWII

Review: ‘The Waters & The Wild’ is a Stunning Exploration of Human Character

Elegant and Poetic, Carrie La Seur’s ‘The Weight of an Infinite Sky’ Draws Inspiration from Shakespeare

Layered with Sex, Lies and Glamour, ‘She Regrets Nothing’ is Utterly Captivating

Socialite Wannabe in Amber Brock’s “Lady Be Good”

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