Book Review
‘Dan Gets A Minivan’ by Dan Zevin
The story tracks the life of humorist Dan Zevin’s life as a young father.
Book Review
‘How To Cook Like a Man’ by Daniel Duane
The book traces a young father’s 8-year odyssey in learning how to cook.
Book Review
‘The Lola Quartet’ by Emily St. John Mandel
The novel blends elements of mystery with character studies of a group of young adults prematurely filled with dark disappointment about their lives.
Visual Arts
Homing in on Dickinson’s poems
A teen’s “Little White House Project” displays the poems of Emily Dickinson in an innovative manner on the property of a museum about her in Amherst.
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Book Review
‘Engines of Change’ by Paul Ingrassia
In this new book, Ingrassia traces the history of some iconic cars and how those models reflected shifts in politics, culture, and technology.
Book Review
‘Canada’ by Richard Ford
A tale of a family lost trails loneliness and wasted lives.
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Book Review
‘Yours in Truth’ by Jeff Himmelman
The journalist offers a personal look at the life of legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee.
Book Review
‘American Canopy’ by Eric Rutkow
From railroads and rifles to Paul Bunyan and Daniel Boone, how abundant forests fueled the growth and identity of a nation.
Book Review
‘Jackie After O’ by Tina Cassidy
The book argues that Kennedy Onassis became her own person after the 1975 death of her second husband.
Bookings
Greater Boston author readings May 20-26
Greater Boston author readings.
Bibliophiles: Book lovers and the books they love. By Amy Sutherland
Recent reviews
‘Home: A Novel’ by Toni Morrison
It is a short, swift, and luminescent book. It also resembles nothing Morrison has ever written.
Please discuss: Books in the news
books
4 books to celebrate Mother’s Day
Katharine Whittemore offers capsule reviews of books about the occasion.
The word on the street: Literary news
The Word on the Street
Duxbury event celebrates Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’
They will celebrate what would have been Carson’s 95th birthday.
Short takes: Capsule reviews
Short Takes
‘Sex and Punishment’; ‘I, Iago,’ ‘Apron Anxiety’
Kate Tuttle reviews books by Eric Berkowitz, Nicolle Galland, and Alyssa Shelasky.
By The Book
Novelist and book lover Tupelo Hassman finds kindred spirits among her future in-laws
I’m getting married this year, and last week I met two of my soon-to-be in-laws, Great Aunt and Uncle Atwell.
The Find
The Find
‘Marilyn by Magnum’
The story recalls lesser-known images of iconic star by legendary photographers group.
