Almost two years ago - talking on the phone with George, bemoaning the fact that his store got to host Megan Abbott that night for her sly, ...

When Michele responded to my request (entreaty? appeal? plea?) for books, she did so in a grand way.  When I was home (and by home, I mean ...

When you've done one thing professionally for most of your adult life, that thing can become part of you.  For me that thing was booksel...

New York at the end of the 80's, before the Disneyfication of Times Square, before Black Monday decimated Stock Markets, when grit was g...

The first time I met Michelle Richmond was around the time her debut - The Year of Fog - arrived.  Ten years?  At least.  Have you read tha...

I don't often post multiple recipes on the same day, but I'm exceedingly fortunate to meet two authors this evening, along with the...

Through some trick of how I process what I read, the first book that I encounter from a particular author invariably turns out to be my fav...